National maternity hospital
Deputy Shortall raised public concern that the new national maternity hospital could be gifted to a private entity and asked for time this week for the Taoiseach to respond. The Chair repeatedly pressed her on relevance to the Order of Business.
Will Members please have some respect for the processes here? We are not meant to be having lengthy debates on these matters.
Comment on this
There is growing public concern about the prospect of the new national maternity hospital being gifted to a private entity, and the implications of that from the taxpayer's point of view but also regarding the ethos that will apply in those circumstances-----
Comment on this
This was raised with the Taoiseach a couple of weeks ago-----
Comment on this
The Taoiseach said he would come back on this. Will he provide time this week to respond to people who raised this, following his discussions with the Minister for Health?