Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a contract has been signed to build the National Children's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37264/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Plans for the new children's hospital at the Mater Hospital site are progressing. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is preparing to submit a formal application for planning permission to An Bórd Pleanála. Subject to planning permission being granted, construction of the new hospital is scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2011. A contract for construction will be signed within this timescale.