Dr Peter Boylan steps down from Holles Street board following National Maternity Hospital criticism

Dr Peter Boylan, the former master of the National Maternity Hospital, has revealed that he will resign from the board of the controversial hospital due to the failure to acknowledge the public disquiet over the transferring of sole ownership to the Religious Sisters of Charity.

It comes after the board of Holles Street agreed to go ahead with building the site at St Vincent's in Dublin, despite public outcries for it to be constructed closer to the M50 and away from the city centre. Dr Boylan was critical of where the hospital was being constructed and questioned whether or not the Religious Sisters of Charity would exert a religious influence over the way it is ran. He was asked to step down following his criticism of the plans, and this morning he revealed that he would.

Speaking on the Pat Kenny Show this morning on Newstalk, Dr Boylan confirmed that he would be stepping down.

"I can no longer remain a member of a board which is so blind to the consequences of its decision to transfer sole ownership of the hospital to the Religious Sisters of Charity, and so deaf to the disquiet of the public it serves," he said.

"Hospitals on land owned by the Catholic Church are obliged to follow Catholic teaching and Canon Law on medical practices and procedures.

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"The proposed hospital will be built on land owned by the Religious Sisters of Charity, the hospital will be owned outright by the Religious Sisters of Charity, and the company tasked with running the hospital will be owned outright by the Religious Sisters of Charity.

"To believe the new National Maternity Hospital will be the only hospital in the world owned by a Catholic congregation to permit serialisation, IVF, abortion, gender reassignment surgery and any other procedures prohibited by the Church is naive and delusional".

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