Nicky McFadden (Fine Gael)

-----a wonderful person who never sought the limelight or employed public relations people to spin on his behalf. He worked in a voluntary capacity and gave many hours of his time. I question why he resigned. The way all this has happened seems clandestine and underhanded and I would like a proper, transparent explanation.

A 16-floor hospital in the middle of the city where there is barely enough car parking for the staff, never mind for families visiting, seems wrong. There is a critical time when a child is ill and, if one is stuck in traffic and the hospital is inaccessible, it is in the wrong place. We need to discuss it further. This House is also the forum in which we should do that. Let us discuss the national children's hospital. Have it in the midlands, the proper place for it.