Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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348. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the traffic congestion concerns of persons regarding the chosen site for the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21473/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The planning application to build the new children’s hospital on the St. James’s Campus included a traffic management and traffic mobility plan for the construction and operational phase which was endorsed by the National Transport Authority and Dublin City Council. A 10-day oral hearing took place in December 2015 in which traffic evidence was presented in detail and which allowed for cross questioning by those who had concerns. On 28 April 2016, An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission for the new children’s hospital on the campus shared with St. James’s Hospital and for satellite urgent care centres on the campuses of Tallaght and Connolly Hospital without change to the proposed traffic and mobility plan.

An Bord Pleanála's inspector's report, which includes assessment and recommendations in relation to traffic impact at construction and operational stages, can be found at .