Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Monday, 16 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. James Menton:

As I said, I do not think it would involve a great deal of engagement to determine what the desired outcome among the three partners would be. I raised the Dr. Catherine Day report in a different context, responding to a different question. The Dr. Day report contains various recommendations and, when it was published, we had an opportunity to discuss its contents with the then Secretary General of the Department, Mr. Jim Breslin. We welcomed the direction of travel and the various recommendations in the report, and we believe we have very little issue being compliant with the various recommendations. One of the recommendations in the report concerns the State's investments in assets on voluntary hospitals and maintains that, in the first instance, it is more desirable for the State to own the land on which the-----

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