Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Acute Hospital Services: Discussion
11:15 am
Mr. Michael O'Flynn:
To revert to the Chairman's comment on the site for the proposed national children's hospital, as Deputies and Senators have pointed out, we have seen where things can go wrong with a structure that one would imagine could not have taken the time and given rise to such a number of issues. We should not just leave it and hope it will work. We should create a structure to ensure it works. We cannot afford a delay and we cannot afford not to get it right. I would not want to have it misunderstood. We need to ensure it has public approval. It needs political input and leadership to make it happen.