Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In response to Deputy Mattie McGrath's statement, I make the point that he has a view to which he is perfectly entitled that the hospital should have been built at a different location. The people's representatives in this House have voted on this three times, once in 2012, once in 2016 or 2017, shortly after I was first appointed Minister for Health, and there was another Private Members' motion which was defeated in this House only a few weeks ago. The people's representatives have spoken on this three times so the location will not change. We are building it and getting on with it.

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