Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. O'Brien might break it down between the figure spent on the site at which we are no longer looking and costs already incurred in regard to the new proposal.

I refer to the issue of patient transport. Coming from the midlands, I am conscious that a number of people must be transported from midland hospitals and other hospitals to Dublin. Some of the vehicles used are not wheelchair-accessible. Would the HSE not have a standard policy? One cannot get a new taxi licence nowadays if the vehicle is not wheelchair-accessible. The response I received from the HSE the other day to a parliamentary question was that the patient could bring his or her fold-up wheelchair on the bus if he or she could carry it on. I was shocked that the HSE would give out contracts in this day and age for patients, many of whom could be orthopaedic patients, whose basic requirement is that transport be wheelchair-accessible. Does Mr. O'Brien agree with that?