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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: Were the nuns there at that stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: They are now gone as board members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: I am just trying to be objective. They could say, essentially, that what they have done with having a rent of €10 a year is that this is a gift to the State because there is no cost to it but the State does not own the land in perpetuity. The HSE has a lease on it for 299 years. What was that transition from the Religious Sisters of Charity into the St Vincent's Healthcare Group...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: That evolution from the sisters being exclusively in charge and then the establishment of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, which essentially took over from the Religious Sisters of Charity-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: That group has a Catholic flavour to it and there is nothing wrong with that. This is what Deputy Bríd Smith was asking about. Is the spirit that permeates that influential in anything the healthcare group does?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: I presume the Religious Sisters of Charity believe they have handed their legacy into good hands.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: Is it into hands that reflect their particular denominational ethos now? Did it reflect that and does it now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: That is a kind of legacy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: That is an important point. I suppose it is subjective as to whether people believe it or not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: The Religious Sisters of Charity had quite a formidable footprint in healthcare in that part of Dublin. Their numbers were diminishing and they wanted to ensure their legacy in healthcare was not forgotten even though they were handing it over to an organisation and structure that over time would simply reflect the Religious Sisters of Charity's values of dignity and compassion but not their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)
John Lahart: Regarding the number of terminations, I have the last figures available for them. The Minister is obliged to get those. There were more than 6,500 terminations in 2020, 2,414 of those were in Dublin and only 1.8% of those took place in a hospital setting, which leaves approximately 10% of those, the figure Mr. Menton mentioned, having taken place in St. Vincent's. Given that it is not...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)
John Lahart: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any new retention initiatives are being undertaken in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23506/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)
John Lahart: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Defence Forces in each of the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23505/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)
John Lahart: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies in place to support students from Ukraine coming to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23645/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (12 May 2022)
John Lahart: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the DEIS programme including its expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23646/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)
John Lahart: I will first address Mr. McGarr. His company was a finalist in the category of personal injury-medical negligence law firm of the year and it specialises in medical negligence, personal injury, probate and employment law. Dr. Boylan and I share many objectives. He gave his very valuable time to the cross-party group that had concerns about this, of which I was a member. I thank him for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)
John Lahart: It is not clear to me.