The fact that the hospital wing was the location for serial suicides is of insufficient historic moment.
Jim Allister, MEP

Follow up:

The above was part of a call by Jim Allister to Environment Minister, and former DUP party colleague, Arlene Foster, to de-list the prison buildings at the Maze and allow them to be demolished. The listed status was justified on the grounds of 'historical interest'.

Interestingly for proponents of a new Belfast stadium, he goes on:

“It is clear that this politically-driven scheme is fundamentally flawed. The continuing absence of a business case suggests the DCAL Minister’s attachment to the Maze scheme comes not from full and objective evaluation of all the options but from a pre-conceived preference. When some of his gauche comments are factored in, there would seem to be rich pickings for a judicial review challenge to any ultimate decision to rubber stamp the Maze."