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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That is not defined. The Minister's golden share is inferior, as Mr. McGarr said, and does not have-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It strikes me that the removal of the term "clinically appropriate" would give immense clarity. I am not satisfied with the other aspects of the lease either but that would give significant clarity. I might ask Dr. Boylan about that phrase "clinically appropriate" as a phrase that is not defined and about how it is interpreted. Dr. Boylan had started on that point but he did not have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Mr. McGarr might confirm that there are tests for both "clinically appropriate" and "legally permissible". For example, if a service that was legally permissible was being interpreted as not being clinically appropriate it may not be available, given that both tests need to be met.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I note that Professor Madden and Dr. Sarah McLoughlin, two of the women of the national maternity hospital, have specifically said in their statement that boards: "influence the culture, values, and ethics of the entity they govern, and this gives rise to legitimate concerns". That would clear things up somewhat and would remove an ambiguous phrase from interpretation in that way. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Similarly, if a building is not replaced the landlord would have the right of forfeiture but am I correct in saying that while the landlord can invoke forfeiture, there is no mechanism for the State to do likewise? Perhaps in 70 years’ time, a different generation of women might have concerns, and I speak as somebody who has not campaigned for as long as many others here but who first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It moves then to a market rent if the permitted use is not continued annually.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I know I am running out of time, but I might ask Dr. Boylan-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----to address two other points. Will he also address the question of the constitution of the national maternity Hospital DAC? As I understand it, this can be changed without any reference to a Minister or Oireachtas oversight, but simply by a change to the Charities Regulator. Will Dr. Boylan address that question and also the business case issue, as he highlighted earlier?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Okay. I asked also about changes to the constitution of the NMH DAC.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It would be good to just correct the record. Ms Murphy referred to the land being given to the State, but it is clearly not being given in the context mentioned. I wish to be clear about this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The rent is €850,000, which will be waived to €10 annually, as Ms Murphy has elaborated on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I wish to be clear on this aspect. Ms Murphy mentioned the fact of the hospital clause. Again, actually, nobody has disputed that as the permitted use. I refer to a maternity, gynaecological and obstetrical municipal hospital. The particular issue highlighted was the phrase "clinically appropriate". I would appreciate our guests commenting on this aspect, in respect of their preference...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Are we therefore discussing four to five hospitals being built on this site over time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: As I understand it, the National Maternity Hospital has the option to sell and move on from its leasehold, but that may not be an option in this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will just ask if the legal question I have asked-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I was due in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: As I was skipped, I would just ask that the record be corrected in relation to a Canon Law comment that was made.

Seanad: Protocol No. 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Motions (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a couple of concerns. I hope they can be addressed and reflected. We are talking about a combination of the three. My primary concern regards the exchange of Prüm data with the UK. There are concerns when we look at things like the fall of the privacy shield. The UK is effectively a third country in terms of EU data in certain circumstances. There are concerns about how data...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not think we need to spend very much longer on it. I welcomed the fact that the Minister included that issue in the annual report. It is the same point to which the Minister was previously very amenable, namely, that it is not simply about accessibility but also that participation and representation within audiovisual services could also be part of the report. I will not press the...