Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I understand and find it absolutely correct that we need to make time on Thursday to address the issue of people voting when they were not present and the investigation that is being undertaken. I accept the need to debate that this week. However, I also think that this critical discussion which has to happen this week to restore the integrity of the voting system should not overshadow another issue, which I mentioned at the Business Committee and which has to be discussed as a matter of urgency. I refer to the revelations around the national children's hospital and the suggestions that we are facing yet another overrun on a project that has overrun massively, and to the resignation of somebody who is in charge of public procurement across all Departments from the board of the national children's hospital. This is a serious matter of public interest that needs to be debated this week.

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