Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Okay. With all due respect, that is not normally the way big projects work. The development board does not want to find itself in a position where it is over a barrel in respect of the opening of the hospital because of the enormous number of disputes that have been parked and remain to be resolved. A difficult situation will arise because those disputes have not been resolved at the point when the hospital is due to open. Can Mr. Tierney outline what is the Department's view of this strategy?