Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The second issue I want to observe is that the statement by the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, is extraordinary. We have been pulling teeth to get this statement here today. All of us here in the Opposition have repeatedly asked for time to debate this issue. However, we get nothing new, except omissions. Where has the Minister dropped the 99-year lease that he then announced was increased to a 299-year lease on the land? That seems to be gone from the historical record. Why is that? I am really intrigued by this question, because of this convoluted, complex way of doing business from one voluntary hospital to the other, from staff that work in both, from a holding company to a subsidiary, wholly-owned ultimately by the Sisters of Charity. Yet, the nuns have resigned from the board and have nothing to do with it and we have nothing to worry about.

We are all a bit hysterical anyway, are we not? We are all a bit over the top, hysterical and worried.

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