Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is really a bit rich for the Tánaiste to say he expressed serious concerns just because he happened to be asked a question here. The mantra from the Government has been that the Mulvey deal is the solution. Does the Tánaiste now accept that the Mulvey deal is the problem? Apart from the issue of the lease of the site, what the Mulvey deal sets out is a corporate structure which entails St. Vincent's owning the full operation of the new national maternity hospital. Under that deal, the national maternity hospital company is to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of St. Vincent's. Is that not the nub of the problem?

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