Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely, that the Minister for Health come to the House immediately to explain the implications of this morning's decision by An Bord Pleanála which is an outrage. An Bord Pleanála's decision refers to the impact on visual amenity, detraction from the character of protected buildings and the overdevelopment of the site. Are these issues about which we should be concerned when one considers the headlines yesterday of children lying on trolleys for 12 hours and a 700% increase in waiting lists for paediatric patients throughout the country? Where is the joined up workings of Government? Can nobody in An Bord Pleanála liaise with the Departments of the Environment, Community and Local Government and Health in the context of critical infrastructural projects?