Ms Alice Murphy:

If it was possible to not impact on anything here. The entire site is being fully used and therefore there would be no beneficial interest and no real benefit.

While we are speaking about the freehold and the leasehold, Deputy Bríd Smith said there was a distinction between the balance sheet of SVHG and what I said. The Deputy said the land was owned by St. Vincent's and that the fact sheet states that. I wish to correct this. While the Deputy is right in saying the fact sheet refers to the land being "owned by SVHG", it then goes on to state that it will be, "leased to the State [...] for a period of 299 years". St. Vincent's Healthcare Group does own the land. We are all agreed on that point. Where we differ is that the organisation is giving it away for 299 years. The fact sheet then goes on to state, "The hospital building will be owned by the Irish State". Therefore, I would not wish to give the impression that there is a difference between us. What I am saying is entirely consistent with the St. Vincent's fact sheet.