Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will give Mr. Menton a chance to answer a couple of questions at the same time. I would appreciate a response on the issue of the chairmanship. On the 30-year option for the State, why not 70 years? We have been told 70 years is the expected lifespan of the first hospital, so why not have 70 years in terms of that first lifetime? Would that not give some more security to the State that it could buy the freehold? Any of the reasons that were outlined as a concern in terms of selling the freehold to the State would surely apply to selling it to somebody else.