National children's hospital overrun
Leyden continued defending his position and praising past hospital management, but was repeatedly interrupted and ran out of time. The Chair intervened several times as the same hospital-cost issue continued without resolution.
Fianna Fáil cannot be blamed for everything.
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The Leas-Chathaoirleach has to protect me.
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When the late great Charles J. Haughey was Minister for Health-----
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-----he got the plans from Cork University Hospital and built Beaumont Hospital within time, within schedule and on price. Now that is what I call realistic management.
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As someone in the business myself and that type of business, I am appalled by the way-----
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-----in those circumstances there should be a health bond like we had for the hospitals' sweepstake. We could raise money from the public on a 20-year loan and build and complete the hospital because, as the Taoiseach said, unless a meteorite hits us and it might be a meteorite that hit the site at St. James's Hospital, this building is going to go ahead.
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The Senator should study the history behind the hospitals sweepstake.
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Senator Humphreys was a Minister of State in one of the Governments with Fine Gael.
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I was, but we made sure we did not waste the money-----
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Senator Humphreys is not in a great position.
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Senator Humphreys's party made a bags of the country-----
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And former Tánaiste, Deputy Burton, who was the Minister for Social and Family Affairs.