Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not getting into the debate about the location. I can do that at the health committee, but it is worth looking at how the framework is managed. Simply put - the Chairman articulated this well - the decision-making process has to be and is influenced by the potential cost. That is the nature of life and decision-making. Obviously, there are clinical needs and requirements in this case. If the cost is X at the point of decision and Y at the time of implementation, there is a need to look at how it came to be X at the time of decision. What were the motivations? How were the figures arrived at?