Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the 20 Senators who spoke for their contributions on the Order of Business.

Senators Craughwell, Conway-Walsh and Devine raised the issue of the national children's hospital. The Minister for Health has appeared before the Dáil and apologised. For some, it is now a question of who said what and who knew what when, rather than whether the hospital will be built, whether it will be the best hospital in the world and whether a political head on a plate will be demanded. The Sinn Féin Party has reverted to its usual playbook in seeking a resignation or dismissal, but that will not help to build the hospital.