Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I find it bizarre that we have received a letter from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that says that it has not received the formal business case for the proposal from the Department of Health in respect of the national maternity hospital considering the ongoing political debate and our constant refrain about learning lessons from the past. Apparently, this is just given as a factual statement from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and not something it is concerned about. I would go back to both Departments to see when a business case is expected to be presented. I do not know who we write to in respect of how the Cabinet came to the decision to make a political decision about it without having that business case to hand. Do we write to the Department of the Taoiseach in that regard? We need to get clarification from somebody.