Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD has today strongly backed the growing campaign for the new National Maternity Hospital to be publicly owned and run.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fully support the growing campaign of civil society organisations and individuals who are rightly demanding that the state should own and control this important asset which will be a key element of the healthcare system for women.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD has today strongly backed the growing campaign for the new National Maternity Hospital to be publicly owned and run.<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall was speaking ahead of hosting a briefing in Leinster House,\u00a0 amid concerns that current government plans will see the new \u20ac350m hospital effectively owned by St. Vincent\u2019s Healthcare Group.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cThere was enormous public unease when it emerged more than a year and a half ago that the Department of Health was planning to gift ownership of the new hospital to a private Catholic company.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince then, we\u2019ve been told repeatedly by the Minister for Health that his department is close to finalising an agreement to reverse that decision and ensure that the new hospital building will be owned by the State and independently governed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYet the original secret agreement between St. Vincent\u2019s Healthcare Group and the Department of Health fell far short of guaranteeing full public ownership and independent clinical governance of the new facility.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fully support the growing campaign of civil society organisations and individuals who are keeping this important issue firmly in the public spotlight and rightly demanding that the state should own and control this enormous asset which will be a key element of the healthcare system for women.\u201d<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
22nd November 2018<\/p>\n
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