IRELAND
Irish Times
Jack Power, Sarah Burns, Mary Minihan
A member of the Sisters of Charity has said the new €300 million national maternity hospital on the St Vincent’s campus in Dublin will “always respect the rights of the mother and the baby”.
Sr Agnes Reynolds, a member of the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group board, said the new maternity hospital would “reach out to all creeds and backgrounds . . . and give a good service to people”.
The Department of Health’s decision to give sole ownership of the State-funded hospital to the Sisters of Charity has provoked controversy, mainly because of the congregation’s failure to meet its financial commitment to a redress scheme for victims of institutional child abuse.
It has paid €2 million of the €5 million it promised to contribute in 2009.
The congregation owns the St Vincent’s campus, which includes one of the country’s largest public hospitals and a private hospital.
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