Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are a couple of points which I wish to see raised. The draft report is very good. It highlights the lack of accountability with regard to abandoned projects and impaired projects, and suggests a way forward. Two items should be included in it. One relates to the children's hospital, which is that it was in breach of both the local area plan and the Dublin city development plan. The plans are glaringly obvious to anybody drawing up a planning application. Furthermore, it went up 16 storeys. There is no mention of the subsequent plan that was put in place, involving nine storeys, which they were able to do within a couple of weeks.