Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the committee for allowing for this possibility. It is very important. I thank Dr. Boylan and Mr. McGarr. They have come in here and have done so in a very modest, moderate way to try to educate us. I appreciate that and all their effort on the ground. I have despaired at various stages of this, but that is for another day. I will to try to clarify some aspects. I have read all the documents, with the help of my staff in my office. We have gone around in circles. I hope I will not go around in circles; I want to clarify a number of things. This is a leasehold. There is no ownership here. This does no belong to the State. This belongs to the landlord, notwithstanding that it is a 299-year lease. I refer to both the land and the hospital that is going to be built.