Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am quite sure the Minister for Health made no such direction and it would not be normal practice for a health Minister to get involved with the detailed design of a hospital, any more than an education Minister would be involved with the detailed design of a university or school. I will inform the Minister, who cannot be here because he is attending a committee meeting, that the matter has been raised and ask him to provide the Deputy with a written answer.

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