Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise two items of legislation. A welcome announcement was made late last year that the children's hospital would be built on a site in the grounds of St. James's Hospital. However, I note the remit of the previous development board expired in December. Legislation has been promised, for some time this year, to establish a development board for the new national paediatric hospital. Can the Tánaiste indicate that this legislation will be introduced soon in order that there is no delay in proceeding with this project? Second, an announcement was made during the budget that control of the digital hub would be transferred to the local authority. However, as there is no legislation to underpin this in the legislative programme, is this transfer still intended? I contacted the local authority, which replied it was awaiting the legislation to give effect to this transfer.

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