Varadkar: publicly-funded hospitals need to recognise not everyone is Catholic
The Government has no plans to force religious-owned hospitals to remove crosses or other religious symbols, according to the Taoiseach.said publicly-funded institutions needed to recognise not everyone was religious, or Catholic, and should reflect the beliefs of all the public.
It said voluntary organisations in receipt of State funding should be cognisant of the impact of religious decor on patients. “But it is a message to charities and voluntary bodies that do run hospitals and schools just to have regard to these things. “I’d have a crib, I’d have a menorah and something for Eid too. Lots of parish schools recognise that they have children from other traditions.”
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