Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My last point arises from a remark by Deputy Fleming about ring-fencing funding for the hospital. Is Mr. Pollock aware that no funding, per se, was ring-fenced for the hospital prior to the present Government deciding that the proceeds of the sale of the national lottery - which I understand are in the region of €400 million - were to be ring-fenced? At least, part of it was to be ring-fenced for the paediatric hospital.