Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am over time. I have just one last point for Dr. Boylan. He has mentioned it a good few times and it touched me. I am talking about the change in autonomy from the woman to the clinician if we go with what is deemed clinically appropriate. Dr. Boylan might conclude on that for me, with the Chairperson's permission. The change is that we are taking autonomy from the woman and putting it back totally into the hands of the clinician, whoever he or she may be.

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