Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Anybody who decides to build a private facility does so on his or her own initiative. Obviously, there is a record of the State sometimes striking agreements and the like, largely through the NTPF, but that is independent of me. It should be independent of me. Any decision to build a private facility, insofar as it adds capacity, is good in the short term.