Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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But that is not sufficient. The point has been made that those theatres are lying idle at the weekends. Why can we not open up those theatres and do what Professor McCormack has suggested and what he did himself, two years ago? Why can we not take that kind of can-do approach in maximising the use of existing theatres rather than all of this talking about building projects for the future? Can we produce an immediate response to the immediate crisis that is there for children who are in agony?