Michael D'Arcy (Fine Gael)

We must make choices. We have come to the Chamber on many occasions and agreed and disagreed. If this is how the children's hospital gets built, it is a choice I am prepared to make. I do not care which licence we put up for tender or who disagrees with it.

The use of the phrase "a great con" was ridiculous and over the top. We must advance this project as quickly as possible. The children's hospital has been delayed for many reasons. Many people were shocked and horrified at the decision of An Bord Pleanála but we must get on with it. This is a method of funding the hospital and I fully agree with it.