Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to emphasise the work that is being done on the ground by the project team, particularly in the community and in schools, to encourage young people who may not have even considered an employment role in a hospital on a health care basis, whether doctors, nurses or any other type of carer, and who will now have the opportunity to be employed locally. I believe that is a real positive for the south inner city. Through many years, it has had many problems in trying to develop its own skills in that area.

I want to commend the hospital being built on the St. James's site. It was not my decision or a political decision. It was a decision taken by An Bord Pleanála, which is an independent-----

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