Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I could get 30 seconds, local, national and international reputations are at stake here and we have to find a way to make exceptional grounds at this point to make this happen.

Finally, I ask the Government, particularly the Minister for Health, why it is not considering the offer of €750 million that is on the table from a philanthropic source for a new national children's hospital? It should answer that question. Why is that not being considered on a green field site when there is testimony from so many families with sick children that St. James' is not suitable on the basis that they cannot manage those children in traffic?