![]() ![]() Vincent’s Hospital.įollowing today’s hearing, the committee has now written to Donnelly to seek a further delay on the Cabinet decision to allow more for consideration of the matter The letter to Donnelly seeks that the minister provides extra time to the committee before Cabinet makes a decision. The committee is also expected to write to St Vincent’s Healthcare Group asking them to attend a hearing next week.Ĭullinane said following today’s meeting hat it is important the committee has “sufficient time to do its work” The requests asks for a response from the minister as soon as possible. It is only right that we hear from them as many of the issues and concerns centre around the ownership of the land,” he said. In his opening statement to the committee earlier today, Donnelly said that religion and women’s reproductive rights in Ireland “do not have a good track record” and that people’s concerns are therefore valid. ![]() The relocation of the NMH to a site on the grounds of St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin has proved highly controversial as, until recently, the site was owned by the Religious Sisters of Charity. The religious congregation has now transferred its ownership and if the relocation plan goes ahead the State would lease the land for 299 years.ĭonnelly told committee that there must be “no religious influence, now or in the future” with the NMH that this goal is achieved by the current proposed structure. “Ireland does not have a good track record when it comes to religion and women’s reproductive rights. People are rightly demanding that when it comes to our new National Maternity Hospital, there is, and there can be, no religious involvement,” Donnelly said in his opening statement.ĭr Rhona Mahony, who was was the first female master the NMH.įormer master of the NMH Dr Rhona Mahony said the new NMH is “saying goodbye to the church completely”. Mahony referenced the Repeal the 8th campaign, which she describes as a “real moment”, and noted that she was one of the voices at the centre of it:īy 2018, we had all come together and we had a movement and we were able to talk and express what happened to women. That was a pivotal point I think in our history in terms of moving forward and moving forward with women’s health. With this project, we’re moving forward again. We’re saying goodbye to the church completely, there is no religious ethos pertaining St. Vincent’s Hospital, there’s a complete separation. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has previously described this model as “effective” public ownership of the NMH. Taking questions from Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald in the Dáil today, Martin also insisted that there was no “conspiracy” behind the plans. McDonald told the Taoiseach: “I want to put it to you that the very best way to allay fears and resolve this problem is for the Government to secure full public ownership of the land. “This would provide absolute, airtight clarity. ![]() It would ensure the best protection for the state’s interests in what will be a very, very expensive project. ![]()
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