Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In December of last year, an important decision was brought to Cabinet on the future of this project. Essentially, three options were available. One was to pause the project, meaning even further delay to a project which has been discussed for decades and which the Government is now implementing. The second option was to go out and re-tender the project, again meaning more delay and an even greater cost. The third option was to proceed with this project and pursue this hospital. That was the right decision to make.

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