Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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I will stay on that issue for the moment. It is important that we receive this aggregated data on whether the full complement of services has been provided on the land we are discussing. I note the phrases the Minister used today include "have been told" and "they are available" but none of those gives assurance that things like gender-affirming surgery or specific reproductive rights services will be provided. One of the issues we talked about today was wanting to start this partnership on the right foot but the most important partnership is the one between the State and the women of Ireland. There is a piece of work to be done in rebuilding trust between the State and the women of Ireland. For that trust to be rebuilt, we need to see those numbers. Can the Minister provide them?