Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Similarly, if a building is not replaced the landlord would have the right of forfeiture but am I correct in saying that while the landlord can invoke forfeiture, there is no mechanism for the State to do likewise? Perhaps in 70 years’ time, a different generation of women might have concerns, and I speak as somebody who has not campaigned for as long as many others here but who first campaigned exactly 30 years for something like repeal. What would happen if there were such issues? On a practical level, it was mentioned that the demographics show us that the north and west of the city will be the likely centres of population in the future, and Dr. Boylan might comment on this point as well. There is no mechanism for the State to end or exit this lease or to exit this practice and it would be obliged to continue.

Again, that would be publicly. We are talking about the State potentially building four hospitals in a row over the next 299 years, or five or six hospitals, with those costs. Are those really the relevant costs in this matter? Is it a 70-year life cycle plus market rent for another 229 years? Are those the scenarios?