Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not up to date with our plans to bring proton therapy to Ireland. I think we will at some point, and we should sooner rather than later. I have seen it operating in a hospital I visited in Singapore, and it is really impressive. It does not work for every tumour but it does work for some. It means the tumour gets pinpointed, rather than the whole skin and the area around it. People can understand why that would be beneficial. I understand we do pay for some patients to have it overseas but I would certainly be interested in exploring any options to bring it to Ireland. I am sure we will. It is only a matter of time, so we should make plans to do it sooner rather than later.

In regard to the Attorney General's advice, I am not sure what is being said in the media or publicly. What the Attorney General has said is that private property rights are subject to the common good. He has said it would be extremely difficult to justify a permanent extension of the eviction moratorium but it would be possible to justify a temporary extension of the eviction moratorium, but in court we would have to prove it did more good than harm and that it was in the public interest in the round. Having considered it, the Government formed the view that it was not in the public interest in the round to extend the eviction moratorium. We made this decision as to what we thought was the right thing to do as a Government. It was not because the Attorney General told us we could or could not make the decision.

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