Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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406. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5637/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is the statutory body responsible for planning, designing, building and equipping the new children's hospital. The new hospital will be co-located with St James's Hospital, and ultimately tri-located with a maternity hospital to be developed on campus. In addition to the main hospital, the project includes two satellite centres at the campuses of Tallaght and Connolly Hospitals.

A design team has been procured and is working on detailed design development, with the aim of submitting a planning application in June 2015. Subject to planning, work will commence at the main site at St. James's, and at satellite centre sites at Connolly and Tallaght, in January 2016.

I am aware of the issues raised in the correspondence you have supplied and have recently responded directly to the individual concerned. Officials in my Department will arrange to provide the Deputy with a comprehensive response to all the issues raised in the attached correspondence with this Parliamentary Question.