Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The construction of the new national children's hospital is a key part of the programme for Government. Last week a group of parents of the sickest children in the country travelled to Dublin to meet the Taoiseach and hand in a petition signed by 60,000 people, but nobody from the Government, not even an official, met them. They had to hand it to the porter at the front gate. They came from every county, including Northern Ireland, to oppose the construction of the national children's hospital on the site chose. Will somebody examine the madness of the decision that construction go ahead on the site which will be inaccessible? There will not even be a helicopter pad. It is utter madness.

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