Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Simon McGarr:

It is the case that in the end, a board can be dismissed by the shareholders of a company. In this case, there is an agreement for a three, three, three appointment. There are two sets of shareholders, namely, the 99% shareholding owned by St. Vincent's Healthcare Group and the 1% shareholding held by the Minister. The Minister has certain reserved powers to ensure the board delivers within what is "clinically appropriate and legally permissible", to use the current unfortunate wording. The current wording, in respect of the Minister's intent, is to ensure that all lawfully available services would be delivered.

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