Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have no problem with the Senator making a point at the end but I am trying to respond to the debate as per Standing Orders. Senators Noone and Hopkins raised the issue of the pressures on staff and referred to their sadness. I understand that. I have been to Cuisle and know the people involved there. There is no anti-humanitarian view at work here.There was pressure on the IWA over the past couple of days. I accept that point. However, it has changed its position. Senator McFadden talked about the congregated settings and excuses. When I heard that I thought about how the view expressed by the IWA on 12 November had changed over the past couple of days but that is for it to answer, not me. That is what I mean by interfering. I have said that I have talked to the IWA and the HSE. My door is open to talk to the IWA again, if it has changed its view of what it needs. It never asked me for money at the meeting. The IWA is a commercial body and the HSE purchases services from it. The Minister has no role in the matter.

Senator Mullen asked why the Divine Word Missionaries will not invest in its own property if the State has no relationship with that organisation.