Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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There is Covid and then there is putting forward a proposal stating that it will be a fully functioning facility when we know now there is a world of difference in a site that may take ten years to put together. It may have to be demolished. It may cost €100 million, which the university does not have. There is a world of difference. Bringing Covid into the equation is nonsense. It is described in the proposal as having the ability to quickly become a fully functional site. It has turned out not to be the case. It could take a decade to put right, it could cost upwards of €100 million, which the university does not have, and it may have to be demolished in the process. If that is not misleading, I do not know what is. Were the representatives naive in thinking or believing-----