Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will appear before the Oireachtas health committee today to be questioned on the proposed National Maternity Hospital deal amid continued calls to ensure the new facility is built on public land. 

Shane Higgins, Master of the National Maternity Hospital spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

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