Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That is where we disagree. It is complex. Of course, an investment of, potentially, €1 billion in a new healthcare campus is complex but the complexity and the governance structures are not based on the land. As Mr. O'Donoghue has said, we have leasehold ownership of the land for the next 300 years. The fact St. Vincent's has freehold ownership of the land and it reverts to it after 300 years is not why it is appointing directors or why we have the corporate structures we have. We have all of this because we are entering into a partnership.
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