Donnelly: 'Misinformation' campaign putting maternity hospital project in jeopardy

Opposition TDs criticised health minister's speech for 'not saying anything new'

Stephen Donnelly, the health minister: He said that provision of all legal procedures including terminations was 'a red line issue' for him. Picture: Damien Storan.

A campaign of "misinformation" is putting the new National Maternity Hospital project in jeopardy, the Stephen Donnelly, the health minister has said.

During statements in the Dáil on the hospital, MrDonnelly said 52 clinicians working at the National Maternity Hospital wrote to him and the Taoiseach and "expressed real concern about what they called 'the misinformation and misunderstanding' that they said was disturbing their staff and patients and, potentially, putting this essential project — certainly the timing of it — in jeopardy".