Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Simon McGarr:

That is only true in a qualified way. When a company has a landlord - in this case, the new hospital company will have a landlord, which will be St. Vincent's Healthcare Group - that landlord has certain powers under the lease. Obviously, what the landlord's companies and constitutions say will be relevant for the ongoing operation of the hospital. In addition, that landlord company, St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, will have the right to nominate three of the directors of the new company. They will, therefore, be taking those seats. Although they will be operating under the constitution of the new national maternity hospital, they will have been appointed by the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group. In doing so, St. Vincent's Healthcare Group's officials will have to be acting in accordance with its constitution.

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