Council to call on Harris not to pass ownership of NMH to Sisters of Charity
SLIGO County has agreed to call on Health Minister Simon Harris to rescind his decision to pass ownership of the State- funded National Maternity Hospital to the religious order, the Sisters of Charity.
It’s on foot of a motion tabled by Cllr Chris MacManus. He told this month’s Council meeting held yesterday ( Monday) that Minister Harris must now stand by Government commitments made during a debate in the Dáil last week. “There are many options open to the Government if they show a bit of backbone. And that includes a compulsory purchase order,” he said. “There should be no non- medical influence,” he said. Cllr Gino O’Boyle said he was “dumbfounded” that ownership was going to be given to a religious order who “essentially tortured women and their babies.”