Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 March 2022
345. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if the directors of an organisation (details supplied) will be shareholders with the right to sell or seek a mortgage or financing against any or all of its properties within the holding’s portfolio including the National Maternity Hospital. [12241/22]
View answerIn relation to the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital (NMH), the Government's key objectives in terms of the ownership and governance arrangements for the new hospital are, firstly, to ensure that all legally permissible services will be provided in the new NMH, and secondly, and of particular relevance to the Deputy’s question, to ensure that the safeguarding of the State’s investment in the hospital is affirmed beyond doubt.
Work is ongoing to finalise the legal arrangements that will underpin the relocation of the new NMH. However, I wish to emphasise again that I will not bring any proposal to Government unless it provides assurances around these two core objectives. I do not intend to make further comment until work on the legal arrangements has concluded.
