David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That was a rejection. When Mr. Thompson was here he accepted that it was rejected and he said there were a couple of reasons for that. He said:

First, we put forward our business case to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which was not accepted. It is around capacity and around the people and additional bodies on our side of it.

He was therefore accepting that it was essentially rejected. Saying, then, that the national children's hospital will roll out an element of it is not good enough. If the Department is serious about this Bill, we need to be serious about electronic health records. I ask the question again. That business case was pretty much rejected. It is a very straight question. Where are we now with that business case, and when are we likely to see it resubmitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and some delivery on it?