Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 September 2012
37. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the report by the Independent Review Group on the location of the new National Children's Hospital; when this report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40964/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs you will be aware, I established an independent Review Group to consider the implications of the decision of An Bórd Pleanála, received on 23 February 2012, to reject the planning application for the proposed construction of a national paediatric hospital on the site of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. The aim of the Review was to consider all the possible options for the earliest possible delivery of a new children's hospital. In June, the Group presented its report, to which I am giving careful consideration and which I will be bringing to Government shortly. I intend to publish the Group's report when this process is complete.
