John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

An individual or individuals may wish to make a donation to construct a facility on site. For example, Mr. McManus decided to contribute £50 million to the construction of a national stadium but that fell through when the stadium did not proceed at Abbotstown. Other generous, public spirited people may wish to make a contribution and, in those circumstances, it makes perfect sense for the authority to make an arrangement with them for financial assistance for the development or provision of facilities or services or both on the campus and, in certain circumstances, the use by them of those facilities and services. In other words, while the authority has the responsibility of developing the campus, I am not seeking to inhibit it from entering into arrangements that might be beneficial to the campus. I am trying to ensure the authority has as much latitude as possible to construct the campus and ancillary buildings that might be required for the overall benefit of the campus.