Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Burton referred to the Exchequer cost of capital allowances and asked a legitimate question. The Deputy, like the Minister for Health and Children, also referred to Dean Swift. I am obliged to agree with Deputy Burton in respect of one point, namely, that Dean Swift left money in his will to St. Patrick's Hospital as an act of philanthropy. This was a posthumous act of generosity and was not an inter vivos transaction.

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