Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding the location of the new national children's hospital; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41570/12]

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. In June, the Group presented its report, to which I have been giving careful consideration and which I intend to bring to Government shortly.