Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

Breathtaking cynicism has characterised the Government's ramming through of this proposal. The height of that breathtaking cynicism will be seen this evening when the Government votes in favour of a motion that calls on it to secure full public ownership of the site and new building on the very same day that it has done the very opposite. It is a disgusting level of cynicism. Government Deputies are all used to telling untruths at election time and then breaking all of their promises. Look at the Green Party and what it will do today. To hand over the land and the hospital in the morning and then in the evening vote in favour of a resolution to do the opposite is absolutely incredible.

Just because the Government keeps saying that what is proposed is equivalent to ownership does not make it so. If one looks at the legal documents, it is clear that this is not ownership in any way whatsoever.

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