James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am fully informed of and very interested in it, which is why I am fully informed of it. I am fully informed of the fact that there is a 50-bed unit in Inchicore to which St. James's has access in order to address the issue referred to by the Deputy. I am also fully informed of the fact that there is planning permission for an eight-storey building in order to allow for the decanting of services off the site to clear it and that this was achieved in eight weeks, which is great credit to the people in St. James's. However, I stand over what I say. The HSE is the authority here - not any individual hospital or hospital management. The HSE must act in the best interests of all of Dublin, not just one particular catchment area. That is not a thing I say lightly but I will not apologise for saying it either.