Statement on the new National Maternity Hospital
Thu, Apr 14, 2022
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The ownership of the National Maternity Hospital must be secure and fully in state ownership. Those accessing healthcare in Ireland have the right to expect that the Irish state has fully committed to provide the oversight and governance of state funded healthcare. This will not be possible where some of that oversight and governance is undertaken by a private entity. The current maternity services require investment and improvement- the Holles Street site has not provided the best practice conditions for some time now. New capital investment in state facilities will deliver care to millions of women for the next hundred years or more and it is imperative that the state is the central decision maker on site and that the decision making can be tracked entirely through state, not private enterprise, channels. This principle is important and worth investment, including the consideration of a compulsory purchase of the National Maternity Hospital site.
The following is the current list of co-signatories to this statement:
- Neasa Hourigan, TD for Dublin Central
- Stephanie Flaherty-Klapp, Area Representative for Galway City East
- Karen Power, Councillor for Fingal County Council
- Colette Finn, Councillor for Cork City Council
- Patrick Costello, TD for Dublin South Central
- Suzanne Young, Area Representative for Rush/Lusk
- Maria Dollard, Councillor Kilkenny County Council
- Lorna Bogue, Councillor for Cork City Council (An Rabharta Glas – Green Left)
- Oisín O’Connor, Councillor, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
- Alastair McKinstry, Councillor for Galway County Council
- Laura Donaghy, Deputy Mayor of South Dublin County Council
- Lourda Scott , Councillor Wicklow County Council
- Lynne Glasscoe, Area Representative for Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Tom Keith, Catherine Kinsella for the Comeragh area, Co. Waterdord
- Diarmaid Griffin, Area Representative for Killarney Municipal District
- Maolíosa Ní Chléirigh, Area Representative for Waterford City South
- Hazel Chu, Councillor for Dublin County Council
- Alan O’Connor, Councillor for Cork County Council
- Peter Hamilton, Councillor Kildare Co Co
- Catherine Kinsella, Area Representative
- Ian Carey, Councillor for Swords
- Steven Matthews, TD for Wicklow
- Marc Ó Cathasaigh, T.D. for Waterford
- Janet Horner, Councillor for Dublin’s North Inner City
- Pauline O’Reilly, Senator
- Cristiona Kiely, Councillor on Waterford County Council
- Dearbháil Butler, Councillor for Donaghmede
- Oliver Moran, Councillor for Cork City North-East
- Donna Cooney, Councillor for Dublin City Council
- Louise Heavin, Councillor in Athlone Moate Municipal District
- Martina O’Connor, Councillor for Galway City Central
- Niall Murphy, Councillor for Galway City
- Carolyn Moore, Councillor for Kimmage Rathmines
- Megan Flynn Dixon, Area Representative Gort Kinvara
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