Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I will not labour the point. I read from what has Mr. Mulvany said that the reason for the delays has been the need to change the timelines for the delivery of other projects because of the children's hospital.

I will ask one specific question about the children's hospital. Who made the decision that there should be a private section to the national children's hospital? Given the Government commitment to universality and removing private practice from public hospitals, who made that decision? Will Mr. Desmond tell us about the economics of it? How much did it cost to put in a private section?