Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate Mr. Gunning on his appointment and I wish him the best of luck. I thank the project team for delivering to date. The hospital cannot come quick enough. I attended the accident and emergency department at Crumlin hospital last Sunday with a child. The lack of facilities is shocking. Deputy Donnelly spoke about the rotavirus and RSV in young children. To my mind, it is wholly unacceptable that vomiting babies, breast-feeding mothers and children with head injuries, broken arms and so on have to wait together in one room for treatment. Following on from Deputy Donnelly's question regarding the pull between elective and non-elective surgery, in terms of air conditioning what facilities are there in the admissions department of the new hospital that will mitigate the transmission of airborne viruses at the point of entry?