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- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: That is the process by which all of these things happen.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: It is the process by which they all-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Deputy O'Reilly rightly pointed out that we need to get moving on this. She referred to how she had attended Holles Street, as had her daughter when giving birth to the Deputy's granddaughter, and that the new hospital had been agreed years ago. Much of the debate this evening and the ongoing debate is on this exact point.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: With respect, I am going-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: -----through it Deputy by Deputy. I have taken notes on what everyone has said and I am trying to answer every Deputy.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Bríd Smith asked about when we might see the legal framework. I would like to have it with colleagues shortly for them to look into it. She also stated that we needed to focus on the speed of delivery, on which I agree. Deputy Alan Farrell made a salient point that went to many of the concerns that are being raised. I agree with his statement that, if we remove religious...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Bríd Smith asked whether there was anything to read into the question of undue influence. There is not. One could substitute that for "any" influence. Maybe it was just a badly chosen word. It is not to suggest that there is some religious influence that is okay and some that is not. What is meant by that is any influence whatsoever. Deputy Cronin raised various points around...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: -----directly or indirectly.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Cronin rightly praised Holles Street hospital. We need to reflect on the fact we do not own the building on Holles Street or the land it is built on. No one here tonight, or in any contribution I have ever heard in this debate, has suggested there is undue religious influence, for example, in Holles Street.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: If we just think about this for a second, what is happening? What are we looking to do? We have a hospital about 400 m from where we are talking this evening, which is staffed by incredible and dedicated clinicians who provide a full range of services. They are signatories to a new agreement whereby they will be moving to a state-of-the-art building at Elm Park. It is they who have signed...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Not only-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Not only have they seen the contract, Holles Street has written the contract. It is one of the contracting parties-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I ask for a minute or two. Deputy Shortall raised several points and made several statements. She asked why I was not looking up while she was speaking. It is because I was trying to write down verbatim the statements that she made. This goes to the heart of some of the debate. The Deputy said there are no guarantees around the independence of ethos or a secular ethos. There are such...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: It will be so owned. The Deputy has said that the national maternity hospital will lose all its independence.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: This is simply a false statement.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: It has absolutely no basis in fact. The Deputy has said that it would be handed over into private hands. Again, this is not true.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy said that it will be a maternity hospital controlled by a religious entity.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy is obviously free to express her views, but these statements are simply not true and are causing an awful lot of concern among people-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: -----who quite rightly want to know that there is an independent hospital.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy said that we are-----