James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Watt should be in a position to give me a commitment on that the next time he appears before us. I ask him to go away and look at that particular issue.

One other point of concern is that we have all seen what has happened with the children's hospital. It has been extraordinarily disappointing and frustrating. It has definitely been a turning point for many regarding overruns on State projects and putting in the necessary safeguards.

In my region, outside of my constituency but well within the catchment area of services that are being provided, we are looking at the potential for a new elective hospital to be built in County Cork. What safeguards is Mr. Watt putting in place now when it comes to the construction of a new hospital build so that we do not have a repeat in Cork of what happened in Dublin with the national children's hospital?