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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The position on the share is that in May 2017 the Religious Sisters of Charity announced their decision to end their involvement and relinquish their shareholding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: What I am saying to Deputy Shortall is it is far more advanced than some vague promise that they will relinquish ownership in the future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The point is that there is a very advanced process in place and we will not be signing up to any national maternity hospital until that share transfer has been completed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: ------and they are simply not true. Deputy Shortall has made statements. The Deputy has done it at the committee previously. She keeps suggesting that this new group is some sort of clandestine Catholic organisation. I am telling the Deputy that I have gone through the charters and it is simply not the case. I will read out the charter, if the Deputy wants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The holding company is being appointed at present by St. Vincent's Healthcare Group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I will not be wholly owned when the system is adopted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The transfer has Vatican approval and the new organisation will have no share ownership by any religious organisation, Catholic or otherwise. This deal will not be authorised until the share transfer is done. The legal documentation is in place for that share transfer. I have checked the charter of St. Vincent's Holding Group and it does not contain any reference to the Religious Sisters...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: With the Deputy's permission, let me tell her exactly what it states. This is the constitution of St. Vincent's-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy stated St. Vincent's University Hospital has a religious ethos. I have got its constitution in front of me and there is no religious ethos mentioned in it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: If the Deputy knows what it states, why does she keep stating there is a religious ethos when clearly-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I will read out the constitution for the Deputy if that is what she wants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: As per Deputy Lahart's question, I get a report on the total numbers of terminations. I do not get any information on where they are performed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Chair and members of the committee for inviting me today to discuss the new national maternity hospital. I welcome the opportunity to discuss what we all agree is a critical and nationally important project for women’s healthcare. It is fair to say that every member of the committee shares the same goal, that is, delivery of the best possible healthcare for women and for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: It would be fair to say that those people the Deputy mentioned have not raised serious concerns about the location. I have never heard anything to that effect, although I am open to correction if the Deputy has references to things they have said. Certainly, in my discussions at Cabinet, there have not been any questions as to whether co-location at St. Vincent's is the right choice. I have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: I have put that on the table, both publicly and privately.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: With regard to the second point, all I can say is that the account of the Minister, Deputy Harris, of that conversation is markedly different to the account conveyed on the radio. We are not actively looking at other sites. I do not believe that the Minister, Deputy Harris, told Dr. Boylan that we were, based on the conversations I have had with him. That is a conversation between them and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: My understanding of how it will operate is that people can contact a call centre that is being set up and then a digital Covid-19 certificate can be arranged for them. It will be based on their testing and tracing history. It can then be issued. I heard the commentary yesterday. I appreciate that people want absolute clarity but I remind the Deputy and colleagues that what the Government...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: Senior consultants, or any consultants, would be hired according to the normal recruitment process. The HSE has a national recruitment process in place. I can get the Deputy a detailed note on whether there may be any idiosyncrasies or specific details in respect of the new national maternity hospital.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)
Stephen Donnelly: -----obstetricians involved campaigned publicly for the repeal of the eighth amendment of the Constitution.