David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If that is not an option, realistically, the only two options left are that the State uses a compulsory purchase order, CPO, in respect of the land or that there is an agreement with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group to transfer the land to the State. It has stated that it is not going to do that, which leaves only one option, namely, a CPO, and that would take time. We are not really getting any clarity. It seems we will go ahead with some sort of lease arrangement, notwithstanding the concerns that people have. That is what concerns me. That is the crunch here. Either we will proceed with a lease arrangement under which the State will not own the land and it will be transferred to a private charitable company or the State will own the land. It is one or the other. It strikes me that where the Department and the Minister are - I will leave the Minister speak for himself - is that is the way it will go. I am looking for absolute clarity regarding the Minister's position on that.