Results 19,721-19,740 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: How much is owed on that mortgage now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: A sum of €100 million is owed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: All of the debts are registered as charges on all the properties on the Elm Park campus-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: ----- including the site of the new maternity hospital. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I just asked Mr. Menton if the registered charges are on all of the properties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Okay. Will Mr. Menton provide a note on that? Maybe someone on his team will do it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: St. Vincent's is now granting a lease to the HSE on foot of this leasehold document that we have here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Is it not a term of this lease that St. Vincent's reserves the right to mortgage this new hospital building?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: If St. Vincent's runs into difficulties, it would be able to mortgage the new hospital building? Is that the case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Sorry. Is that not the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: And the group would be able to mortgage the building.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: No. I just want the group to confirm that it can mortgage the building. Assuming that it mortgages the hospital building -----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Sorry. Just a moment. Assuming that it may have to mortgage the hospital building, what will happen if the group is unable to meet its debts in the future?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Mr. O'Raghallaigh has answered. That is okay. I am happy with what he has said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Going back to Mr. Menton, the group's debt situation is pretty bad now. I am sure he would accept that. It looks like it is going to get worse because the group has had debt relief for the past two years as a result of Covid. That debt relief will run out later this year. Is that not the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: How long is that debt relief lasting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I am sorry; I am under pressure with time. I need Mr. Menton to answer the specific question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I am sorry; I am asking Mr. Menton about the debt relief as a result of Covid-19. Is that due to run out this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I just want a short answer, if Mr. Menton does not mind. In light of what Mr. Menton confirmed, how can he guarantee to the taxpayers of this country that the banks will never repossess the new hospital building?