Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have been advised that as a condition of the share transfer for nil consideration, St. Vincent's Healthcare Group and St. Vincent's Holdings provided the Religious Sisters of Charity with an indemnity for any liabilities that may arise in connection with the Religious Sisters of Charity's prior ownership of the shares, any past activities at the St. Vincent's hospital campus and a waiver from St. Vincent's Healthcare Group regarding any claims connected with the Religious Sisters of Charity's operation, management, supervision or ownership of the hospitals. The Senator asked what would happen if the order ceased to exist. From our perspective, nothing would happen. It has no involvement whatsoever. Finally, any relationship between the order and the Vatican is a matter for them. People have asked if the Government will release their correspondence. We do not have that correspondence, because it is not correspondence with us. St. Vincent's Healthcare Group publicly stated that there were no conditions and that no such conditions from the Vatican would ever have been entertained.