Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health further to his statement in Dáil Éireann that the National Assets Management Agency had written to him identifying 11 potential sites for the new children's hospital, some of which he thought might have use for hospitals of a different nature, the location of those sites; which of the sites have other potential; if the Irish Glass Bottle site or the Elm Park site are included in either list; and the possible future uses that have been identified. [28344/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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As you will be aware, I established an independent Review Group to consider the implications of the decision of An Bórd Pleanála, received on 23 February 2012, to reject the planning application for the proposed construction of a national paediatric hospital on the site of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. The aim of the Review was to consider all the possible options for the earliest possible delivery of a new children's hospital . During the course of its deliberations, the Group received submissions from many different Groups. The Group has now presented its report, which I intend to consider carefully before bringing to Government.

As I have previously stated, a number of potential sites were identified by NAMA, details of which cannot be provided for reasons of debtor confidentiality. NAMA advises that it is at all times open to proposals which can contribute to the achievement of broader social and economic objectives and has committed to giving first option to public bodies on the purchase of property which may be suitable for their purposes.