Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

No, it is not. As Deputies Gogarty and Cuffe have indicated, it ties in the approach advocated by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. What is the position on proper planning and development in respect of surplus hotels and private medical institutions which were constructed on the basis of tax breaks rather than medical considerations? The National Treatment Purchase Fund directs considerable volumes of money to private hospitals and the Bill provides that NAMA can inject capital funding of €5 billion into developments however it sees fit. I ask the Minister to comment on paragraph (ac) in that context.

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