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- 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-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy said that we are handing over a billion euro asset. We are not handing over a billion euro asset to anybody.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: We own the asset. The asset is the building. We will own the building when it is built and we will own it at all times. We will own everything inside the building.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: We are simply not handing over a billion euro asset to anybody. I take it that the Deputy is genuinely concerned about the independence. I accept that but the statements she is making are simply-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: -----not true.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: They are simply not true.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: It will happen after I have brought it to the Government. The Government may decide to approve it or not to approve it.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Indeed, it may choose not to accept the proposal that I bring. I do not know. All I can say is that I, as Minister for Health, have to bring the proposal to the Government. Deputy Shortall knows that.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: She knows I have to do that.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I had a closing speech prepared, but I would prefer to try to address as many of the points raised as I can. I start by thanking colleagues for their time and contributions. It is important to have this debate. It is one of several we have had on this essential issue, including at the Joint Committee on Health. I am struck by the disconnect between the amount of disagreement, which we...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: -----would own the land. I hope we are all in agreement that there is no easy option whereby the State could own the land. In pursuing the alternatives, for example, moving the site to somewhere other than Elm Park-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: -----or using a compulsory purchase order, the advice I have is that all of these options would carry a very significant risk of derailing this project by potentially not having it co-located at Elm Park and, at a minimum, adding many years to it. I think we are in agreement on all of the other pieces above. Given this final piece on the ownership of the land and potentially the...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The process is that I have to bring the proposal to the Government. The Government will then form a view and we will debate it. The Deputy and others have asked whether it can be brought to the health committee for detailed interrogation. Absolutely. Not only am I happy to attend, but I propose – the Deputy and I have spoken about this before – that we bring along the...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Unfortunately, what we have here this evening is a debate that is probably slightly too early. We would love to be able to get into the detail.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: On the Deputies' questions about the process, Deputy Shortall has been in government. She is well aware of the process. I have to bring the proposal to the Government for the Government to interrogate.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I imagine we will then have more debates like this, but also at the health committee.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: That is the process by which all of these things happen.