Mr. Tony O'Brien:

It receives €206 million. It is citing spurious issues such as data protection. I am seeking to know exactly how much work is being done by each consultant in the private hospital. Any one of us could log on to its website and pull down a full listing of all the consultants who work there in one form or another. Funnily enough, I have a copy in my bag. It does not, however, give me the level of detail that I need. My concern is that, in effect, the private hospital is being run on the back of the public hospital. I am concerned for the public hospital, but I am equally concerned for the private hospital. Given its bed stock, number of theatres and parasitic dependence on the public hospital, it may well not be viable as a private hospital. It is a private hospital that was developed on the back of the tax investor scheme, which means that it has serious implications for health care in the area and those who invested in it. I want to balance this by saying St. Vincent’s University Hospital is an important part of our health infrastructure and has many fine clinicians, as well as fine national and specialist services. This should in no way reflect on the quality of care provided in it.