John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Unfortunately, the Minister of State did not get to read the last line of her reply, but I will read it. It states: "However, it may be possible to consider a HSE contribution to future phases of Our Lady's redevelopment subject to funds being available at the relevant time and normal procedure of and governance conditions being followed." We should take some encouragement from that.

Our Lady's Hospice in Harold's Cross has funded the redevelopment to a large extent itself. In addition to that, it is also subsidising current expenditure in terms of staffing and so forth. The situation is not tenable.

I would like to leave here today with just one commitment from the Minister of State. If the HSE planned the way forward for the hospice I would feel a lot happier. The HSE should examine the entire funding stream, whether revenue, capital or current expenditure. If the Minister of State could give such a commitment today, I would greatly appreciate it.

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