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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: We will hear first from the Connolly For Kids Hospital Group which has been invited here to air its views on the suitability of the St. James's campus as a location for the new national paediatric hospital. On behalf of the committee I welcome Ms Valerin O'Shea, group chairperson, Dr. Jimmy Sheehan, orthopaedic surgeon and hospital developer, Dr. Finn Breathnach, children's cancer...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms O'Shea for her opening statement. I now call on Deputies and Senators to indicate if they wish to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: In regard to time, could the witnesses keep their answers as brief as possible rather than repeat information already given? I want to bring in other members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Twenty minutes or so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Three members are offering. We will take the answers together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I will take questions from Deputy O'Connell followed by Senators Dolan and Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I will also ask Deputy Frank O'Rourke to ask his questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I am sorry that you got a bombardment of questions all in one fell swoop. Perhaps you could answer in a focused way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: In terms of time management, as the committee is also meeting with another group this morning and we have to finish the meeting by approximately 12.50 p.m. because there is a vote due in the Dáil, I will allow another ten minutes for this session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: As I am conscious of time, perhaps the delegates might just give a brief summary. If there are questions that they have not been able to answer-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: We need to draw this session to a conclusion. If there are questions the delegates have not had an opportunity to answer, they can send the answers to us and we will take them on board. Unfortunately, we are constrained by time. Perhaps the delegates might give us a brief one-minute summary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I will have to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee I thank the witnesses, Dr. Fin Breatnach, Ms Aisling McNiffe, Mr. Jimmy Sheehan, Ms Valerin O'Shea, Dr. Róisín Healy and Dr. Eamonn Faller, for coming in to give us their views.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: We are now going to hear from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, NPHDB, in relation to the decision of the Government to proceed with the construction of the new children's hospital on the St. James' site. On behalf of the committee I welcome Mr. John Pollock, NPHDB project director, who is accompanied by Ms Eilísh Hardiman, chief executive of the Children's Hospital...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Pollock and Ms Hardiman for their opening statements. I am going to bank questions in groups of three, due to time constraints, and the witnesses may make notes of the questions. I invite Deputies O'Reilly, O'Connell and Kelleher.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I do not know. I do not think we will.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: We have one more offering from Senator Mullen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I thank the Senator. I am conscious that there is a vote in the Dáil at about 12.50 p.m. that we had not calculated into our timing. I wish to make the witnesses aware of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: We put Dr. Greally under time pressure there but we have devised a means by which we can continue so that he is not under time pressure later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Yes.