No ‘plan B’ if maternity hospital row is unresolved

Health Minister Simon Harris has said there is no “plan B” if a row over the new National Maternity Hospital is not resolved.

Mr Harris told the Seanad he hoped an agreement on the governance of the new hospital would be reached as there was “no simple option” if Holles Street National Maternity Hospital (NMH) and St Vincent’s Hospital Group “walk off the pitch”.

He said the “unedifying spat” does not serve patients well.