National Maternity Hospital: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-31
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

I ask for a minute or two. Deputy Shortall raised several points and made several statements. She asked why I was not looking up while she was speaking. It is because I was trying to write down verbatim the statements that she made. This goes to the heart of some of the debate. The Deputy said there are no guarantees around the independence of ethos or a secular ethos. There are such guarantees. The Deputy said that she wants the hospital to be publicly owned.

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Sitting date: 2022-03-31