Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are all very conscious of the legacy of our schools and hospitals that have been funded by the State but remain in the ownership of religious orders or their successor or proxy companies. We are all very conscious of that. We need to do better with the new national maternity hospital and with the €1 billion of public money that is to be put into it. We need to ensure women, and all of us, have access to the healthcare we need in the 21st century. That is why we are putting forward these questions. We are doing so in order to be constructive-----

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