IRELAND
Irish Times
Olivia Kelly
Dublin City Council has recommended that the new National Maternity Hospital be placed under the control of the State, if it secures planning permission from An Bord Pleanála.
The Health Service Executive in March applied to An Bord Pleanála for the €300 million move of the hospital from Holles Street to St Vincent’s Hospital, following the resolution of an 18-month dispute between the two hospitals over governance of the new facility.
However, the announcement the following month that sole ownership of the hospital would be given to a healthcare group owned by the Sisters of Charity sparked public protest, and resignations from the Holles Street hospital board and the project board planning the move.
Earlier this month Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the new hospital will have full clinical independence.
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