Maternity hospital will provide terminations and gender reassignments, says Donnelly

Government last night pressed pause on the plan to move the National Maternity Hospital to the St Vincent’s Hospital campus

The location for the new €1bn hospital was agreed in 2016, at a site adjacent to the current campus of St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. File picture: Colin Keegan

The new National Maternity Hospital will provide all services, including terminations and gender reaffirming surgery, Stephen Donnelly has said.

The decision to defer the final approval of plans for the new National Maternity Hospital was in a bid to be transparent after "genuine concerns" had been raised by members of Cabinet, the health minister has said.