Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Shortall said that everyone accepts the rationale for this hospital, but that is not true. Many people in this House argued that we should have paused the project or moved the site. Some people still argue that to this day. The PwC report does not support that argument; it just says to get on with it. Everywhere I go across the country, parents tell me to get on with it and build the bloody thing. They say we have been talking about it for years and that we should get it done, while also keeping a tight eye on the finances. We intend to do both.

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