Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I accept all the points about control. The bottom line is to explain what the facts are. The public - and I am one of them - want to see the hospital built but they need to understand in their own heads how it is getting to that point. Once I understood how it would get to that point, I was quite comfortable with what is proposed. We need the hospital.

Finally, if this goes ahead now, when will the hospital be built and when will it be in operation for the women of Ireland? I know what the Minister and the witnesses are telling me in legalistic language but I want some layman's language.