Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the National Children's Hospital has been included in the list of Health Service Executive capital projects which have been stopped; the present stage of development of the National Children's Hospital project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24634/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Work on the development of the National Paediatric Hospital is ongoing with the following progress made to-date:

• The NPH Development Board (NPHDB) was established in May 2007.

• A site at the Mater Hospital Campus has been ceded to the Health Service Executive to accommodate this development.

• The NPH Development Board has appointed an Executive, a Business Services Team and is in the process of completing a contract for Project Management Services.

• Following an extensive planning and stakeholder consultation process, the project brief is being finalised and will be issued in July 2009 to the relevant parties, including the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Finance.

• A public procurement tendering process is currently underway to appoint an Integrated Design Team to design the hospital and carry out the required architectural, engineering and environmental work in advance of submitting a planning application.

• The Health Service Executive is working closely with the NPH Development Board to progress this project, which is a priority for the Government.

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