Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The concern I have and, I suppose, most people would have is in relation to that contract. It was said that lessons were learned from that. Could the Minister outline what lessons were learned? There is a backdrop of a maternity hospital that is to be built. Will we have to go through the same difficulties with that? This process has dragged out. There was clear frustration from the members of the board who were here last week. The general public would share the same frustration, particularly the families of those children who were hoping to go into that hospital. They must be pulling their hair out at this stage. I am thinking in particular of children with scoliosis, but not exclusively them. What lessons have been learned about the contract? What will be done differently? It seemed the last contract was based on a sketchy design for the hospital. Does the Minister have it in mind that this will not happen again? Will we repeat this? If it is repeated, it will be unforgivable.