Maire Devine (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to concentrate on the national children's hospital, which is located at the end of my street. The Minister met some of the residents from the area when they attended the health committee on several occasions and he knows their concerns about the impact on their surroundings, their neighbourhoods and their homes, which are still collapsing, as well as the ongoing difficulties with the environment around the construction, which is going to continue for at least another decade with the development of the maternity hospital.

I want to raise two linked issues. A second revised application has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála. In December 2015, 120 people, including myself, put in observations and submissions. They have not been informed of this second revised planning application and there has been no notification. I believe we are entitled to that. It is kind of under the radar and we need to be informed of the process, if that is what is occurring. Does the Minister or the HSE have a revised timeline from BAM in regard to the operational services of the national children's hospital? Will that be made public and when?