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Planned counselling clause for new IVF legislation is ‘discriminatory and unfair’

Head of leading fertility clinic says people should not be forced to see a counsellor in order to access the service

Medical consultants want right to do private and public work

As the parties prepare to resume talks on the Sláintecare contract this week, the IHCA says its members are looking for ‘flexibility’

New law will protect full details of screening audits from disclosure

The legislation, going through the Houses of the Oireachtas, is designed to ensure the future viability of Ireland’s screening programmes

HSE review finds over 7% of sample expenditure was unjustified

The errors uncovered in the HSE’s financial accounts will require a prior year adjustment, which is a rare amendment to past accounts

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State has spent almost €90m on National Maternity Hospital since 2017

Figures show how much the controversial project has already cost the state before a sod has been turned

Department suspends Health Tapes whistleblower as investigation looms

Shane Corr submitted several disclosures to the Public Accounts Committee in recent months after making recordings of department meetings

Taoiseach: ‘I’m not prepared to prevaricate. I’m determined that we move on and provide facilities for women in the 21st century’

Micheál Martin says he’s clear in his conscience that the new National Maternity Hospital must go ahead, despite opposition

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The maternity hospital land war: a battle between principles and pragmatism

First mooted in 2013, the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street in Dublin city centre to the St Vincent’s campus at Elm Park looks set to get the go-ahead from government, even as objectors continue to raise concerns over the move

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SVHG medical board urges government to approve new maternity hospital this week

The move comes ahead of the cabinet’s meeting on Tuesday where ministers are expected to give the go-ahead to the €800 million-plus project, despite calls from the opposition for further debate

Holohan rebuked by Donnelly over Nphet replacement group

The chief medical officer raised concerns over membership of the new advisory team, correspondence seen by the Business Post shows

Tony O’Brien: Time is running out for Stephen Donnelly to leave a positive legacy in the Department of Health

The Minister for Health doesn’t get the credit he deserves for the things he has achieved and now he has just six months left to prove himself, but if Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane gets the job, he may find his troubles are only beginning

Dept of Health reviewing HSE’s business case for relocation of NMH

The move cannot proceed without an approved business plan that is agreed to by Stephen Donnelly’s department and subject to an external assurance process

McGrath questioned Donnelly over HSE governance after health tapes revelations

The Minister of Public Expenditure sought clarity from the Minister for Health regarding his department’s management of the HSE’s finances, in the wake of a Business Post investigation

Watt’s €20m ‘letter of comfort’ raises hard questions

The fact that the secretary-general at the Department of Health committed to spending €2 million per year of department money on Tony Holohan’s Trinity appointment without informing the minister will lead to more controversy

Tony O’Brien: Junior doctors’ case deserves the government and media’s urgent attention

Despite two years of lauding and applauding our health service and endless political platitudes about the debt we owe our health service staff, relations between doctors and the government could hardly be worse

Doubts over new Covid advisory group amid Holohan fallout

Team set up to replace Nphet yet to meet

Pat Rabbitte: Holohan debacle shows we need to look again at 100-year-old act

The Ministers and Secretaries Act of 1924, which governs the relationship between ministers and heads of departments, is at the root of the current controversy about the CMO’s appointment to Trinity

Donnelly orders external review as Watt defends Holohan secondment

Chief medical officer’s abandoned move to Trinity College Dublin under scrutiny

Controversy forces Holohan to pull out of planned new role at Trinity

The controversial secondment of the chief medical officer to a post at Trinity College Dublin had already been paused by Taoiseach Micheál Martin this weekend

Government plans new push on €252k consultants contract

‘Revised’ proposal to be presented to medics is based on same salary for public-only contracts as last year