Dr. Rhona Mahony:

I absolutely do not, for two main reasons. The first is the series of protections that are built into the legal framework that has arisen out of Kieran Mulvey's work. This is a series of documents that creates layer after layer of protection. The NMH DAC is a separate company and separate legal entity, which is very important. In the course of our conversation, I would like an opportunity to go through in detail all of those layers that give us those protections.

In parallel, St. Vincent's hospital is now a secular organisation. There is no link to the church. That is over and gone. When the share transfer was completed, it marked the end of any association with the Religious Sisters of Charity and any association with religion. We are now a secular organisation and the constitutions of St. Vincent's Holdings, the holding company that holds the shares, and the operating company, St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, are published in full on the website. There is no vehicle or mechanism through which any religious ethos, any Catholic ethos, can be imposed. That is terribly important.