Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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That is what usually happens in practice. I am not convinced that is a good way to go but I understand that the Department may consider it, given the funding shortage. Last week, we discussed the naming rights for certain parts of the hospital. Although I am sure the witnesses are aware of it, I reiterate the Sinn Féin belief that the hospital should be named after Dr. Kathleen Lynn for very obvious and good reasons. We did not get support from other parties for that proposal but that does not mean that it has gone away. We still hope that it will be a possibility.

A significant amount of philanthropic money will be spent on the hospital and, obviously, there will be some sort of payback. I presume that the naming rights of individual units within the hospital will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, however appropriate or inappropriate that might be. Has a schedule been set up in that regard? Are naming rights implicit in the philanthropic donations or is it the witnesses' belief that people will donate money because they want children to get better?