Dáil debates

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

 

12:12 pm

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

I have led from the front on this. I have asked the Minister for Health over the last year to get this issue resolved once and for all because it has been going on since 2013. The previous Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, brought in Kieran Mulvey, for example, to bring all the parties together. Let us not pretend there has not been detailed, exhaustive engagement between all parties to this over the past nine years. We have led on this and I am determined that we get something done and get the hospital built for the benefit of women and newborns.

In relation to the Deputy's question, there is an argument in terms of the integration of a massive tertiary hospital that is currently on the site. This is going to be a campus, including the existing tertiary hospital and the maternity hospital. It needs to work. I can understand where the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group is coming from on that point. I might not agree with it but I can understand. I do not see a big mystery or conspiracy there. I genuinely do not.

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