Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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79. To ask the Minister for Health if there are senior management staff in the national maternity hospital that have financial interests through tax break schemes or otherwise in St. Vincent's private hospital. [27537/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The personal information requested by the Deputy is not available to me. However, he may wish to note that all voluntary hospitals, under the terms of their Service Arrangements with the HSE, are obliged to comply with all applicable laws and regulations as set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies (2016).

The National Maternity Hospital is funded by the HSE under section 38 of the Health Act 2004. Under its Service Arrangement with the HSE, the hospital is obliged to comply with the requirements of the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001. Under the Act all staff remunerated at Grade VII salary or higher must declare any interest which could materially influence them in performance of their official duties. These declarations must be made in an Annual Compliance Statement to the HSE.