Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion

Mr. John O'Donoghue:

I do not know what will happen in 70 years' time. In any event, as an example, if there were no longer a requirement for a public health facility on the site in 70 years, and if St. Vincent's Healthcare Group did not wish to take it back and wanted to charge a rent of €850,000 per annum, the State could decide to use it for something else, such as a shopping centre or an apartment block, because that would force St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group either to terminate the lease or allow the State to do what it wanted for the remainder of the 299 years. That is a decision St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group would have to take at that time.

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