Government to ignore calls to delay National Maternity Hospital deal

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, launching The National Inpatient Experience Survey, at the old Richmond Hospital in Smithfield, Dublin earlier today. Picture: Julien Behal

The Government is set to defy calls from a leading Dáil committee to delay the Cabinet decision to approve the National Maternity Hospital's move to St Vincent's Hospital.

The Oireachtas Health Committee has written to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly urging him to put off next week's Cabinet decision on the controversial project to allow members time to hear from a wider range of legal and medical experts.