Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Monday, 16 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Donal O'Raghallaigh:
It is because of the lease. I am sorry; I did not mean to cut across Mr. Menton. If I tease through this, if there was a mortgage on the freehold interest of the hospital, a receiver would be appointed there. The long lease to the HSE is under that. All that receiver can sell is the freehold interest subject to the lease. Thankfully, in landlord and tenant law, the leasehold is protected. It is an interest in property that does not rely on what occurs at the prehold level. It is a separate interest that is recognised and that interest would remain intact.
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