IRELAND
Newstalk
2 May 2017
Stephen McNeice
Health Minister Simon Harris has been compared to a ‘rabbit caught in the headlights’ over his handling of the National Maternity Hospital.
Fianna Fáil claims the Government should have acted more quickly to deal with concerns about its ownership.
The controversy erupted last month after it emerged the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group – which is controlled by the Sisters of Charity – will own the new National Maternity Hospital, which is to be located on a site on the St Vincent’s Hospital campus in South Dublin.
Enda Kenny is insisting that the hospital will have clinical independence, and that its religious owners could not control the board.
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