Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Peter Boylan:
I support the development of this hospital. I do not support the current proposed corporate ownership and structure. It is fraught with risk. We are on the same page when we want the national maternity hospital to move to a modern hospital. There is an enormous amount of work that has gone into it by the people at Holles Street and the HSE and so on. I support that but I am concerned about the risks associated with the current proposed governance and ownership structure. It is not true co-location, which was in the original plan. It is the risk involved with the current arrangement that concerns me. I fully support the move otherwise.
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