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‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business National children's hospital overrun
Summary
A brief interjection compared the debate to 'Jurassic Park', after which the Leader returned to the hospital issue and outlined the three options the Government had considered.
We are living in "Jurassic Park".
Comment on this
Let us get real. The Government had three choices to make: to pause the project; to retender; or to agree to proceed and continue with probity, which is what we have done. We all accept on this side that the cost is too high and unacceptable. Then again, as Senator Colm Burke rightly said, let us paint a picture that is true about the new national children's hospital. As the Minister said last night on television, there will be politicians queueing up to go to the official opening with their chests out, saying they were supporting it.