Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Alice Murphy:
In a commercial context, this is quite a straightforward deal. I must state as well, however, that I fully appreciate that for the public this is not a straightforward deal. The point I have come back to continually is that we have three contributors, or stakeholders, involved. The State is obtaining the delivery of public health services and it is giving the grant to fund the building. We also have St. Vincent's, which is giving away the site for 299 years so we can build the hospital. Then we have the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street, which is giving its hospital. Therefore, because there are three stakeholders, we have put in place a suite of documentation to align all our interests and to ensure the health services can be effectively provided.
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