I propose to take Questions Nos. 199 to 202, inclusive, together.
Work continues on the preparation of the draft legal framework which will ensure that the State's significant investment in the new maternity hospital will be protected. This framework will also further underpin the operational and clinical independence of the hospital.
In the course of this work there has been extensive engagement with the HSE, the HSE legal advisers and the Chief State Solicitor's Office. The Deputy will, I hope, appreciate that pending the finalisation of an agreement between all stakeholders, it is premature for me to give any further information at this point.
However, I can assure the Deputy that patient care in the new maternity hospital will be delivered without religious, ethnic or other distinction and any medical procedure which is in accordance with the laws of the land will be carried out there.