Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Why would you not be cracking the whip at this stage? Why would you not be withholding money? This is absolutely scandalous. An additional €512 million has been put in to complete this hospital. Mr. Gunning is telling us that the things that are adding to the cost are the delays. Why would you not use that lever of withholding payment to more or less get the contractor to crack the whip and get this hospital completed? Aside from the financial part of it, we need this hospital and we have needed it for a long time. I do not understand why that, at least, would not be used in a robust way to get the contractor's attention to get this hospital completed.