Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When we discuss the cost of the new national children's hospital, we should not forget the value of what we are building. The main hospital will be at the St. James's Hospital site. The satellite centre in Blanchardstown will open this year and the satellite centre in Tallaght will open next year. We should not forget the value of what we are building. Something struck me when I was watching the news on New Year's Day.

I saw the pictures one sees every new year’s day of the babies who are the first born that year. It occurred to me that those babies born this year will be alive in the 22nd century. They will be alive in 2100 or even in 2110.

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