Ar Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan, is masla amach is amach é go bhfuil an Taoiseach ag dul ar aghaidh le cainteanna rúnda ar chúla téarmaí ó thaobh an ospidéil náisiúnta máithreachais de. It is an absolute insult, on International Women's Day, that the Taoiseach said to my colleague that we should use Private Members' time to raise this issue. On three occasions, we have done so and the Dáil has appealed unanimously to the Government to ensure we have a public hospital on public land. Will the Taoiseach commit, on International Women's Day, to putting this issue down as a matter of urgency for full, open and frank debate?

Ní aontaím leis an Teachta go bhfuil sé maslach in aon chor. Tá an-chuid ama don Fhreasúra chun ábhair éagsúla a chur os comhair na Dála agus iad a phlé. Tá an seans sin ag na Teachtaí chomh maith leis sin. On International Women's Day, the imperative, for me, is that we build a modern maternity hospital that can cater for the women of Ireland, especially in the region the hospital will serve. The current hospital facilities are appalling.

The debate has gone on for far too long. The consultants in the hospital, numbering 54, I believe, wrote to the public media making it very clear that all procedures and so on would be carried out in such a modern hospital.