Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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127. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to co-ordinate with third level institutions to ensure that there will be adequate staffing in the national children's hospital. [27654/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Excellence in modern paediatric practice cannot be achieved without an embedded culture of, and focus on, research, education and innovation. More than a hospital, the new children’s hospital will be a research-intensive academic healthcare institution.

To deliver this vision, the main facilities for research and innovation will be located at the Children’s Research and Innovation Centre (CRIC) on the St James’s campus. The CRIC facility will be located adjacent to the Institute of Molecular Medicine, a cross university facility which delivers both undergraduate and postgraduate education and has a strong research platform in cancer, infection and immunity and neurosciences.

Clinical management and research staff at the new children’s hospital will be able to study, evaluate, and improve the healthcare services provided to children and young people in Ireland.

In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, I have asked the Children’s Hospital Group to respond to you directly.