A local TD believes the government's handling of the new site for the national maternity hospital has eroded women's trust in healthcare.
The controversy over the re-location of services to the St Vincent's hospital campus resulted in two Green TDs beings suspended this week.
The government faced concerns about the phrase 'clinically appropriate' as set out in the legal documents but claimed that they were confident there would be no religious interference in any running of the hospital.
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Longford-Westmeath TD Sorca Clarke believes the whole process has been badly handled:
Her constituency colleague Peter Burke feels the new hospital has been backed by medical professionals and that should give the public confidence:
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