James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

We will not expect any planning permission until the end of 2011. That is useful. New Zealand is not Ireland in 2010 or 2011. The Jack and Jill Foundation, one of the most successful charitable organisations in the country, has had to resort to seeking additional funding from the HSE because it failed to meet its targets in its philanthropic endeavours, and the people concerned are realists. We want realism not fantasy. Does the Minister really believe it is possible to raise €90 million from commercial enterprises based on a car park, which parents have been told they will be allowed free use of, and a coffee shop?

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