Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I ask him to do so overnight, please.

I want to move on to the phrase "clinically appropriate", which is used right across the legal documents. The Taoiseach says the phrase was inserted by the HSE to make sure it would not be a cardiology hospital, neurology hospital or whatever else. That is to quote his words.

However, the so-called "fact sheet" that was circulated among Fine Gael backbenchers stated that the HSE will grant an operating licence to the national maternity hospital at Elm Park DAC to run the new maternity hospital and also to St. Vincent’s, which will deliver some other health services in the hospital such as dermatology. Can the Minister explain what that means because it has been put to us, when we query that phase, "clinically appropriate", that is to clarify that it is maternity related services? Why would the fact sheet contain that reference to dermatology services that St. Vincent's would be carrying out in that hospital?

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