Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

The Taoiseach said he would not talk about issues discussed at Cabinet or Cabinet sub-committee meetings but last week he distinguished between the economic management council and meetings between the council and groups. In that spirit, has the Cabinet sub-committee on health met any groups or organisations since the beginning of January? For example, has it met the development board of the new children's hospital or are there plans for such a meeting? The absolutely priority - his Government has spelled this out - should be that the long promised new children's hospital should be built. There is the totally unacceptable situation of children on trolleys waiting for up to 12 hours. Will the Taoiseach give us any sense of any meetings with the HSE or the development board to deal with this crisis?

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