Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

It recommended a single tertiary paediatric hospital in Dublin co-located with a leading adult academic hospital. I believe the Deputy will agree that once one accepts that recommendation, the hospital must be located somewhere and it will not be convenient for everyone. I am quite satisfied the selection process was objective and without interference. The imputation that McKinsey and subsequently the HSE and the working group were given a political instruction to locate the hospital in one place rather than another is wrong.

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