Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

There must be a level of joined up Government in this regard. I recall the imagination of one tweeter who said: "So Bord Pleanála which oversaw the Celtic tiger planning fiasco stops the only viable construction project for the entire country." This is an outrage. That is why I demand that the Minister for Health come to the House immediately to explain this decision, which is a disaster, and indicate if it is the Government's intention to seek a judicial review in the High Court, which would have to be done within a few weeks, to resolve the issue. It does not bear thinking about that we may have to go back to the beginning of a process that has taken many years, including arguments about the site, and cost €35 million. We thought we were there but now in the interests of the impact on visual amenity and the detraction from the character of protected structures, which is a highly subjective view of individual planners, it is not remotely as important as the paediatric care that is required for children. We must put the children first and if that requires legislation through the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Government to take a hand in the planning process, in the interest of public health, that is what must happen.