Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes. Is the Minister very happy therefore, as the current Minister for Health and as someone who has worked on this, to stand over the expenditure of €800 million of the State's money on something where, ultimately, the land will not be owned by the State? I know we are getting into technicalities, but if the Minister was outside of this remit, would he say this is a good idea?

Will the Minister comment on the current situation whereby some women and pregnant people are not able to avail of their partners being with them in a number of hospitals? Only yesterday, we heard of one more person whose partner was refused permission to accompany them. Will the Minister comment on why that is still going on?