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The new National Maternity Hospital to be built on the St Vincent’s Hospital campus in Dublin, will have full clinical, operational, financial and budgetary independence, the Minister for Health has said.
The land on which the new hospital will be built is owned by the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group and the Sisters of Charity are a major shareholder in the group, which will own the new hospital.
Simon Harris said it would be free from any religious or ethnic influence and the independence of the hospital will be copperfastened by reserved powers and a golden share held by the Minister for Health of the day, as part of an agreement reached last November, brokered by Kieran Mulvey who acted as a mediator, between Holles St and St Vincent’s hospitals.
Proceeds from the sale of the current Holles Street Hospital will go toward the cost of the new facility, which was originally put at €150 million but is expected to cost significantly more.
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