Govt 'will use Dolphin Report only' to decide on hospital site

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said just one process, the Dolphin report, will be used in deciding on the location of the new National Children's Hospital.

Govt 'will use Dolphin Report only' to decide on hospital site

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said just one process, the Dolphin report, will be used in deciding on the location of the new National Children's Hospital.

It comes after it emerged the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore is effectively conducting his own review of possible sites for the facility.

Opposition parties have said it is a sign that Labour and the Tánaiste no longer trust Minister James Reilly - a charge Eamon Gilmore has denied.

In an apparent rebuke to the Tánaiste in the Dáil, Mr Kenny made it clear how the hospital location will be decided.

He said: "There is but one process in regard to the National Children's Hospital and the process is that the Dolphin Report was commissioned by the Minister for Health.

"The minister will bring his findings and brief both myself and the Tánaiste and thereafter the minister will bring his recommendation to the Government. Government will make this decision in this regard."

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