Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

There is still not enough clarity. The public did not support giving public land to private developers. Deputy Finneran has almost sold the site beside the hospital in Roscommon. The area is not far from my constituency and I am aware of the difficulties. I remind him that people in that constituency spoke very clearly and elected two Fine Gael candidates out of three seats. He will hear that loud and clear when he returns to Roscommon-South Leitrim. We are giving public land to private developers to build hospitals that will have the aim of making money, not caring for patients. That there was no Green Paper to examine the issue and no cost benefit analysis calls the Government decision into question.

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