Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I fundamentally agree with the Cathaoirleach's ruling, which was very magnanimous.

I thank the 27 Members who contributed on today's Order of Business. Senators Ardagh and McDowell raised the issue of the national children's hospital and the naming thereof. I wish to inform the House that there was a nine month consultative process to which 300 submissions were made. The name that was selected was the Phoenix children's hospital. I do not have any issue with the name put forward by Senators Ardagh and McDowell today. I am agnostic on what the name should be but I was somewhat amused at the name selected for a national children's hospital as a result of the consultative process.