Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 11, column (1) and column (2), to delete lines 3 to 56, to delete page 12 and in page 13, column (1) and column (2), to delete lines 3 to 30.

Will the Minister of State address the issue I raise in amendment No. 4 in respect of Schedule 1? The Schedule states:

An agreement to which paragraph (1) applies may include provision for—

(a) the construction of buildings and facilities on land vested in the Board for the purpose of the provision of services referred to in that paragraph,

(b) the disposal of land or an interest in land by the Board or the Health Service Executive for the purposes of—

(i) the said construction, and

(ii) the provision of those services by the private undertaking,

and

(c) the management and running of the hospital to which the agreement applies by the private undertaking in accordance with such standards, and such requirements as respects the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the agreement, as may be specified in the agreement.

Will the Minister of State explain the meaning of the term "disposal of land or an interest in land"? Does this refer to the sale of land?