Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health if the expert group currently examining the issue of the location of the proposed new children's hospital will be asked to make a single recommendation for a particular site or if a recommendation for two or more sites is likely to emerge thus leaving the final decision to him; if he intends to carry out a thorough examination of the costs to date associated with the issue including site, consultancy or architectural costs; the extent to which the costs to date have arisen from payments to particular agencies or consultants associated in any way with the examination of the project; if influence can be brought to bear on the recipients of fees to date to carry out any further work required on a pro bono basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16250/12]

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