National Maternity Hospital: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2022-05-12
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David Cullinane (SF), Waterford

We will get to how clear and clean it is in a few minutes because that gets to the substance of my concerns. I will move on to the issue of potential ambiguity in respect of phrases in the text of the lease and the constitution. I refer to the term "clinically appropriate". We have been through this an awful lot. Yesterday, the Minister offered to write a letter of comfort and express his interpretation of that phrase. He made that offer yesterday. Does he accept that such a letter would have no legal standing, however?

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Sitting date: 2022-05-12