Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Monday, 16 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That value is interpreted in relation to patient care and decisions in respect of that, which would impact on the ethos. I note that this is what Professor Deirdre Madden and others identified, namely, that ethos does matter.

The new constitution dating from April of this year refers to the "voice of the voiceless". I want to understand how the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, which will nominate members to the board of the new entity, interprets that.

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