Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is not just about the church anymore; it is about trusts that follow in the aftermath of what was once religious ownership. That is happening on a number of fronts. It is about the capacity of such trusts to be in a position to manage and govern major tertiary hospitals of this magnitude and complexity into the future. This is an important moment because it sends a signal to any future developments. The Rotunda Hospital and the Coombe Women's Hospital will be more easily facilitated. Others have many issues with capital and getting the process rolling in moving to publicly owned lands where there are publicly owned hospitals. When the HSE was set up, at that time there was a medium-term view to have greater alignment between all hospitals in the country towards the one system. That has been perfected very well in the current pandemic.

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