Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The question concerns how the hospital was designed to be 10 cm lower in height than 30 m to circumvent sprinkler requirements to avoid having to install a sprinkler system for fires. This is not a claim made by me. I am reporting a claim made by Dublin Fire Brigade. The developers, the board of the national children's hospital and Dublin Fire Brigade spent 12 months discussing this. We are going to have this iconic building that has been called a world-class hospital when it is a fire trap. Are we going to allow this to carry on just to save money for developers? This is outrageous.

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