Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Going back to something Mr. Ryan said, that it could not be done on the site of Owenacurra, I spent 35 years in construction and there were many buildings where they had a lack of services. I remember Tallaght nurses' hospital. That was built up while all the services went on right beside it in the same building. This idea that you cannot keep building or that you need to clear everything out, does not wash with me.

Deputy Hourigan raised the issue of St. Stephen’s hospital. Mr. Bernard Gloster said he went down because of concerns about Owenacurra. Returning to Deputy Pat Buckley, who asked us to raise the following point. Under the HSE safety and quality committee in February of this year, concerns were raised about St. Stephen’s hospital and St. Catherine’s outpatient department. When he was down to look at Owenacurra amid all the talk about moving St. Stephen’s, Mr. Gloster must surely have had concerns about St. Stephen’s, as they had been raised.

Why did he not go and check out St. Stephen's hospital when he was down there given the concerns about moving patients out there?