Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I got the message from the witnesses that the board had fought tooth and nail to provide a full sprinkler system in the hospital. They are children and vulnerable. I know about the rooms, wards and floors where the inpatients were located, but there are four other floors through which the children could have to move to get out. The board appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála which quoted the inspector's decision which backed the board's position, but in one appeal there was only a majority decision. It sounds as if the board did everything in its power to have a full sprinkler system provided in the hospital. That is the message I got from it. An Bord Pleanála told it to provide it, but it is an extra cost. Did the board fight it all the way to An Bord Pleanála on financial grounds or because it was thought the sprinklers were a silly idea?