Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have to seek clarity on that; I do not want to mislead the Deputy. I will make the point that PwC was acting as a financial auditor, and the decision to locate the site was not entirely a financial decision. Nobody has ever suggested otherwise. There are different views, and I accept that. People watching this will have different views from the Government. However, the decision was taken for a number of reasons, including clinical and medical reasons. The Dáil voted in 2012 to endorse the St. James's Hospital site. I am not making a presumption about the way the Deputy voted, but I certainly voted to endorse that decision in 2012 as a backbench TD. I also voted on a private members motion in 2017 to re-endorse that decision. We voted twice on this issue. I will revert to the Deputy on his question.