Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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310. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that owns the lease for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the HSE and the hospital board's plans for the building after the new national children's hospital opens; and if there will be public consultation on the future of the property once the hospital winds down its operations. [28944/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, a company limited by guarantee, owns the site and hospital at Crumlin. The new children's hospital on the campus shared with St James's Hospital, is scheduled to become operational in 2022. Until such time as all inpatient services transfer to the new hospital, they will continue to be provided in the facilities on the site of Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin.

The potential future uses of the land and buildings to which the Crumlin Children's Hospital, or the proceeds of same, can be put for the benefit of children’s services is under consideration. No decision has been taken on this as yet.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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311. To ask the Minister for Health if Dublin City Council will have a representative on the board of the new national children's hospital in continuity of its representation on the board of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The General Scheme of the Children's Health Bill 2017, published in August 2017 and based on which the Bill is being drafted, prohibits members of the Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authorities from membership of the Board of the body to be established to run the new children's hospital.