Our Ref: 29N.PA0043 P.A.Reg.Ref:

Your Ref:

Aengus 6 Snodaigh and Others 347 Ballyfennot Road Dublin 12 D10T678

8th October 2015

Dear Sir,

Re: Health Infrastructure Development comprising National Paediatric Hospital, Innovation Centre and Family Accommodation Unit at St James' Hospital Campus, Satellite Centres at Tallaght & Connolly Hospitals and Construction Compound at Davitt Road, Dublin.

An Bard Pleanwa bas received your recent submission in relation to the above mentioned proposed development and will take it into consideration in its determination of the matter. A receipt for the fee lodged is enclosed. ·

The Board will revert to you in due course with regard to the matter.

Please be advised that copies of all submissions I observations received in relation to the application will be made available for public inspection at the offices of Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council and at the offices of An Bord Pleanala when they have been processed by the Board.

If you have any queries in the meantime please contact the undersigned officer of the Board. Please quote the above mentioned An Bord Pleanala reference number in any correspondence or telephone contact with the Board.

Yours faithfully,

.~ &:. ~ran Somers :::J Executive Officer Direct Line:Ol-8737107

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Ref: Planning Application: PL29N.PA0043

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Re: National Paediatric Hospital, St James's Hospital site & Davitt Road compound

A chara,

We wish to make the following observations in relation to the planning application

PL29N.PA0043 which was lodged on August 10 2015 and is being currently

considered by An B6rd Pleanala which is to be decided by February 15 2016.

The application is in relation to the construction of a National Pediatric Hospital, the

related research centre, construction depot, a Family Accommodation Unit all on

Aen1us 6 Snodalgh TD Constituency Office, 347 Ballyfermot Road, D10 T678 (01) 6259320 085 8674197 aengus.osnodaigh@oireachtas.ie

Councillor Maire Devine

working with Councillor Maire Devine 0879694 728 Email: mdevine@cllrs.sdublincoco.ie

Also in the Dublin South Central team: Cllrs Ray McHugh; Criona Ni Dhalaigh, Greg Kelly and Daithf Doolan

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StJames' Hospital Campus in Dublin 8, along with related works at Davitt Road

where a construction depot will be housed and the building of two children's

ambulatory centres in at Tallaght and Connolly.

We enclose the relevant fee.

Is muidne le meas

Aengus 6 Snodaigh TO

Councillor Maire Devine

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Comhairleoir & Ard Mheara Criona Ni Dhalaigh Councillor Greg Kelly

Councillor Ray McHugh Councillor Daithi Doolan

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In general

While we welcome the development of a national paediatric hospital we are

concerned about some aspects of the plans in relation to its siting if planning

permission is granted on the StJames' Hospital campus. And, we acknowledge the

statement in the Outline Construction Management Plan that "A construction project

of this scale, while being planned to be as least disruptive as possible, can introduce

a degree of concern and inconvenience for impacted neighbours and staff. The

Project Team are seeking to endeavour to protect the right of all affected

stakeholders in continuing their daily lives with limited or undue interruption (as far as

reasonably practicable) that may be caused by traffic, vibrations noise, dust and

nuisance or to be inconvenienced by the construction operations". To date we have

not been convinced that the application has sufficiently addressed those concerns, in

the main around traffic to and from the hospital and how it will impact on the

neighbouring communities during and after the construction and some other matters.

While we don't have the expertise to question the contention that no shadow will be

cast on the neighbouring houses as a result of the construction of this eight~storey

building, it will though substantially alter the skyline in the vicinity and will increase

the artificial light in this area, which could have a negative impact on residents and

on wildlife. We believe amendments should be made to the plans to ensure that

mitigating steps are taken to reduce the artificial light pollution which will be emitted

from a large 24/7 paediatric hospital.

Given the height of the building and the fact that the upper floors windows allow for

gardens in the neighbouring Cameron Square and Ceannt Fort in particular to be

overlooked, remedial steps should be taken to ensure that the privacy of local

residents is not encroached on.

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Traffic (during construction)

Because much of our submission and others deal with traffic issues in particular we

would ask that the An B6rd Pleanala members tasked with making a decision on this

application may consider an on-site on this occasion given the scale of the

development, its location and to acquaint themselves fully with the local roads

network prior to deciding on the application at times of peak traffic to better gauge or

understand the points being raised in this submission but also several others by

concerned residents' groups or individual residents.

We believe that such a visit would illustrate better than the planning application

documentation the exact nature and issues around traffic at the existing Rialto Gate

and down South Circular Road away from the city to Suir Road, observe the

problems of traffic at the junction of Suir Road and SCR and Suir Road and Davitt

Road, as well as traffic on the Old Kilmainham Road and in particular at its junction

with SCR, areas where most of the construction traffic in particular for the five year

period of build and commissioning of the hospital and related research centre is

expected to take.

While there is acceptance in EIS in Chapter 6 Traffic and Transportation that "during

the morning peak period, traffic conditions travelling westbound are relatively slow

moving in both directions along South Circular Road, with queues and delays

experienced at the various traffic signals located on the South Circular Road in

Kllmainham, including the recently upgrade Rialto Roundabout. During the evening

peak period traffic conditions travelling westbound towards Kilmainham and

northbound towards Con Colbert Road are also generally very slow with queues

extending back through the various junctions located along this route" we don't

believe that enough planning of how the addition of all the construction traffic

including many slow moving truck or even long vehicle and the 1 ,000 or so

construction workers heading to and from work will impact on an already problematic

traffic flow.

Is it intended that there would be no parking on So.uth~Gircula-r·Roaa;:io wtde!.. the ·r H ... '- q = ~~ available carriageway for the construction trafficl if ~d will the residents wbo..epn't

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We also believe that not enough account has been taken of the problems for

vehicles, and now HGVs (trucks and long trucks in particular delivering large

concrete or steel components to the construction site) will have at various junctions,

in particular at the Suir Road/South Circular Road junction which is problematic at

the best of times, causing queuing for those wishing to head north, if a large vehicle

is at the lights and can't tum due to traffic build up on SCR or due to sequencing of

the lights, as is often the case at present.

Also in relation to some of the construction traffic exiting onto Old Kilmainham Road,

a very narrow road, with narrow pavements throughout, we don't believe that

consideration has been given that currently there is no right tum onto South Circular

Road heading to the Con Colbert Road and if it was re-introduced you would be

added to the nearly continuous queuing which occurs at that junction already for

traffic turning left or heading straight onto Emmet Road. The option of having the

construction traffic turning right this would add the related construction traffic issues

mentioned above. Heading straight onto Emmet Road is no solution either as they

would head straight into the bottleneck that is lnchicore Village and Tryconnell Road

in particular.

We believe that An B6rd Pleanitla set a condition that the developers of the site

would ensure continuous traffic monitoring through an identified and approachable

person or company throughout the construction during different phases to assess the

traffic flows in particular during peak hours, with powers to recommend alterations of

the times of construction traffic to avoid huge localised congestion as a result.

Proposed Access Routes

While the Outline Construction Management Plan at 3.5.2 Figure 12 suggest that

you can tum left from Dolphin Road heading up Crumlin Road, this is a tricky

manoeuvre at the best of times and definitely not suitable for HGVs or long trailered

vehicles.

Traffic (after commissioning)

Mobility Strategy

While we welcome the initiates in relation to encouraging staff and hospital users to

use public transport which is in train, we are told that it hasn't impacted positively to

date on the neighbourhoods adjacent to the hospitals and that will the large number

of construction staff, that increase in staff on the StJames Hospital Campus once

the new children's hospital is commission and the cars of patients' parents taken into

account that the targets are not ambitious enough, an increase of 17% in cycling,

12% in pedestrian or 26% using one of the many accessible public transport types is

low, especially given that it is hoped that many of the staff would live close by as

they do in Crumlin Children's Hospital, that new gates from the Luas stops at Fatima

and Rialto will make the hospital more accessible to Luas users.

Red Cow parking

The proposal to book some many parking spaces in the Red Cow Luas Stop would

be welcome, but that carpark is often already full so an alternative or discussion with

Luas or South Dublin County Council regarding an adjacent site or extension to

accommodate hospital staff should be considered.

More traffic

The increased car parking space in the complex will also mean more traffic as the

displaced staff cars only take two journeys a day on the local roads, whereas

patients' parents vehicle will be rotating the car park more frequently, so a car

parking spot which in the past had one staff car could have 4/5 cars using it over the

same period, which we accept is a better utilisation of that space, but it does add to

cars on the neighbouring roads and must be fully taken account of regarding traffic

management.

Parking Permits

We would be opposed to extending the On-Street Controlling Disc Parking Area

suggested in 6-80 EIS Chapter 6 Traffic and Transportation as a measure to ensure

parking restriction within the StJames's Hospital campus do not impact negatively

on residential parking in the vicinity of the hospital. Pay parking on Mountshannon

Road and it hasn't prevented staff from parking there. At present for pay parking is

€1 per hour. Hospital visitors are charged €2.50 an hour so at present the incentive

is there already. Increasing it by a €1 would still not be a disincentive to hospital

users, future construction staff, but would punish residents.

The 'solution' would be we believe a Residents Only Parking Permit, free to

residents for the duration of the construction phase at least. Otherwise there would

be nothing to stop some of "1,000 construction personnel on site during the most

labour intensive phases of the construction programme", or existing StJames's

Hospital staff parking in the neighbouring streets, albeit at an increased cost. The

introduction of a Residents Only Parking Permit would some small compensation to

residents for the chaos that will surround them for years while construction

continues.

Road Safety

Mount Brown

While we accept the restrictions of space for doing anything to widen the very narrow

paths around Mount Brown, we believe that given the increased footfall from the new

entrance that will allow entrance to the hospital complex more needs to be done to

protect pedestrians, differentiate between paths and the road and a crossing from

the bus stops on the northside to the newly enhanced steps into the hospital. All

such changes should take into account that not all using these paths or steps will be

able-bodied and may be relying on wheelchairs to get around or maybe in buggies or

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Some of the problems identified with the new entrance/drop off point in the Road

Safety Audit may be addressed if it was moved further south in line with South

Circular Road rather than offset to the left as it is proposed and as it is at present.

This might also moving one of the four blocks facing on the SCR to opposite side of

entrance and a realignment of the entrance hall.

There is a need if the underground car park exits on Old Kilmainham Road to be

widened to have two lanes, to prevent backlogs of cars if the front car is turning right

towards James Street, or if car turning left heading towards lnchicore, as both at this

junction could be problematic at various time. Their needs to been a raised platform

here with a yellow box to allow cars to enter and exit without delay also.

StJames's Street entrance

The entrance to the Hospital at James Street should be enhanced with clearer road

signs, to prevent vehicles ending up on the Luas tracks, and ensuring that flooding

problems in the area are addressed as this can slow down traffic trying to enter and

cause traffic delays which can impact the Luas trams as this is a shared section of

road.

Existing pedestrian crossings should be enhance and highlighted more. Any

shrubbery etc. removed as part of enhancement works related to entrance works

should be replaced elsewhere on the site.

Construction Issues

Wheel wash

Welcome the proposal regarding wheel wash facility for trucks, but unsure if one

would be enough, as the Outline Construction Management Plan accepted, given

volume of trucks and that some will be exiting at Mount Brown entrance and others

at Rialto Gate.

During the disposal of excavation waste in particular the trucks sides should also be

hosed down before exiting onto residential roads.

Do the wheel cleaners have the capacity to deal with up to 235 trucks leaving a site

a day, 23/24 an hour in a 10 hour day?

Noise

We believe that the limits on Sundays and bank holidays should be same as night

time which should be at 45dB.

That the 4m hoarding, along shared boundaries with residential and hospital areas

should have noise abatement treatment on the construction site side to dull down

construction noise further, as sometimes hoarding can add to,.reverberations from . c ·~

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We welcome fact that in the Outline Construction Management Plan 3.3.17 that

condition/dilapidation surveys should be undertaken prior to any works commencing

on site". With that in mind we would ask that the nearest houses on South Circular

Road, Mountshannon Road to the site should be included and the homes on

McDowell Avenue in particular be added to list of those needing a survey.

That Table 12 be amended to accept that even in cases of hairline cracks,

associated for instances with period s of intense pilings, that there may need to be

action taken including redecorating That the category of damage 3 includes a survey

of chimneys and roofs to ensure that areas which cannot be often seen by the

resident is not suffering damage.

Underestimation of Construction Traffic

In the tables concerning vehicle traffic movements there is an underestimation of

50% the actual number throughout, as they seem to only be recording the trip in or

out to the site not both, especially true given that there is no parking provided for

trucks to remain on site.

This is a simple but important error which impacts on the traffic management of the

area and would lend weigh to our arguments for additional points staff at key

junctions along the route to and from the construction site to ensure existing traffic

isn't additional hampered by construction traffic. So the figures in Table 9 should

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400 during large pour.

Remember on South Circular Road and Davitt Road that is 40 trucks an hour going

one way or the other. Or more because it suggests also that the working day may be

extended to 15 hours at key points, meaning 240 Cement trucks as well as other

construction traffic going through residential areas in the one day. This would

happen several days during the construction given the scale of the project involved.

The average truck movement over the construction period as a whole would be 11 0

journeys a day, but with an average of over 300 a day suggested by Figure 13 for 16

months of the construction

Asbestos

There should be early identification of this and early removal. At all times adjacent

residents and the existing hospital should be made aware of when the extraction and

disposal of any asbestos is about to occur.

PILING

We suggest that the hours in which piling occur be limited given how intrusive it is on

neighbouring streets in particular, the likes of Mount Brown and around Cameron

Square. We would suggest between the hours of 9-5 and not on Saturdays and that

notice is issued in advance of commencement of that phase of construction work to

all household locally so they can make alternative arrangements if such activity is

going to disturb them, for instance shift workers etc. given that it is expected that

piling will be virtually continuous for nearly three months as per figures extracted

from Outline Construction Management Plan and that's not including the Research

Centre works.

(1,000 piles at 4 rigs managing 4 each a day, means 68 days piling, No Sundays

means nearly 80 days.)

Could we suggest the erection of an electronic countdown clock for residents so they

have some idea when the piling or other different phases of construction are going to

last.

The Research Centre

The Research Centre is to be located to the rear of McDowell Avenue in Ceannt

Fort, but the intention to demolish buildings and a historic wall with links possibly to

the 1916 Rising in the centenary year is worrying, with no mention of preservation,

refurbishment or even removing and rebuilding faithfully elsewhere. We are not

aware of local consultation on this section of the application and believe that the site

is illogical; being away from the main hospital block it's meant to serve and should be

looked at again. This development would severely encroach on the privacy of

McDowell Avenue residents in particular and on Ceannt Fort residents given that the

construction site will be next to the entrance to the estate and that there can be

difficulties as is exiting and sometimes entering from

Needs to be a full survey done of the houses here, similar to other houses in

Cameron Square and O'Reilly Avenue to ensure no damage is done during

construction given the proximity of the houses. There should be consideration given

to the privacy of the residents here to ensure no windows etc. are overlooking their

gardens and that light from the building does not create light pollution which can

affect them and their garden's flora and fauna negatively.

We cannot see why the construction of the Research Centre cannot be done in

tandem with the building of the main Children's Hospital, to lessen the impact on the

local community. Piling and construction is set to commence on the Research facility

nearly a year and a half later. Given how invasive the piling in particular will be on

neighbouring houses, surely it would be logical to move the equipment from one site

to the other (different ends of the campus) for the months intended. The same can

be said in relation to the demolition, debris removal, excavation and build, that they

be done in tandem or directly after completion of such phases in the main project,

thus lessening, by several months at least, the disruption to adjacent residents and

road users in the area.

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Davitt Road Construction Material Compound

The main issue with creating a construction compound on the Davitt Road is that

there doesn't seem to have been any consultation given to local residents who will

be impacted upon greatly.

It is envisaged that the compound will be used to store building materials and be an

area for truck and delivery vehicles to wait if there is no space available for them to

deliver directly. While it is stated that would be minimal personnel deployed here

being limited to security and gatemen/flag men the site we believe will create noise

and disruption to the neighbourhood. Light pollution will arise from having the site

fully lit for security and for other operation reasons and that must be kept a minimum

and also must be monitored to ensure it is lessened where possible and will not

negatively affect the adjacent houses.

The noise of a construction compound of the scale intended will, we believe,

seriously impact on the houses backing onto the site at Galtymore Road, Drimnagh.

This noise pollution (as this site is intended to take delivery of most of the

construction material first before forwarding it on to the main situation as required. It

will be used for the storage of construction vehicles, and for the queuing of Cement

Trucks when a large pour is intended. Those trucks must sit with their engines

running and their bodies turning the whole time while waiting. Given that it is

intended to have 10 trucks an hour heading to the hospital during such pours, for a

number of days, we can safety predicted that at a given time there could be up to the

same number or more idling in this compound.

While it is stated that with "no queuing of trucks allowed or permitted on the public

roadways around the site", we find it difficult to square this with our experience as a

local residents who frequently use Davitt Road, Suir Road and South Circular Road.

The regular traffic jams at Suir Road in particular turning onto South Circular are

legend, ask Dublin Bus and will cause problems for trucks which need to be on site

at key points coming from Davitt Road. Given that many oflfiese construction • \

vehicles must return to the Davitt Road compound, they will be adding to traffic on

this road, which is severely problematic from 4pm to 7pm each evening. We believe u .. '"'

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Kilworth Road and Cooley Road in particular as rush hour traffic will try bypass the

compound and its traffic.

We believe that there will be a need for very experience points men at the entrance

and exit of the compound and at the junctions of Davitt Road/Suir Road and Suir

Road/Davitt Road. Dublin City Council and the project team must ensure that

Galtymore Road and Mourne Road which are residential areas do not become rat

runs for traffic coming along the canal heading to the main route out of the city, the

Nass Road.

Serious consideration needs also to be given how the construction to the compound

will impact on the traffic problems already existing at the junction of Davitt

Road/Naas Roadfryrconnell Road {Biackhorse) which is also shared by the Red

Luas Line.

The route along Davitt Road must also be looked at to ensure the safety of

pedestrians is paramount, given that many alighting the Luas at Suir Road,

Drimnagh, Goldenbridge and Blackhorse stops cross the very road all the trucks

heading down towards the hospital. There have been a number of serious accidents

on this road, because of how narrow it is, the speed of traffic in comparison to

pedestrian who sometime step out from very narrow Luas or bridge platforms. Cyclist

must be encouraged to use the canal bank more and greater care must be taken of

motorcyclist who will also be sharing this road with a greater frequency of trucks that

ever before. There was at least one fatality on this road in recent years.

Another consideration is that planning permission was granted to the HSE earlier this

year to construct an ambulance depot at this site, while welcome; consideration

doesn't seem to have been given how its construction and operation will be impacted

on by having such a large construction storage compound next to it.

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Community Gain

We very much welcome the Harnessing the potential: maximising the community

benefit from the New Children's Hospital and its laudable aims. An analysis of the

companies which should be attracted towards locating near an enhanced StJames's

Hospital campus should be done early to ensure they can be encourage to thus

locate, but also to ensure that their needs can be factored into local educational

strategies so the existing surrounding communities can benefit from future job

opportunities rather than see them being filled by employees from outside the local

area.

We believe also that some of the projections of employment directly or indirectly from

the hospital build is conservative and with greater effort more local people could be

employed as a result of the opportunity such a large scale capital build project, the

running of a national children's hospital, associated industries and services will bring.

Miscellaneous

DART Underground

We would also point out that the DART Underground mentioned in the

Transportation documentation while being an integral part of the future planned

Dublin integrated transport system has not been given the green light in the

government's capital spending proposals and therefore should not be relied on as

part of any planning around accessibility now or in the future of public transport to

the new hospital.

Drimnagh Sewer

There should be a more detailed submission of how the diversion of services, in

particular the Drimnagh Sewer can occur while at same time sharing the space with

a temporary road around the construction site, which would be used by construction

traffic and ambulances.

Heritage

The current steel gate in the wall nearing the Bridge on SCR should be preserved, if

it is one of the original gates of the original South Dublin Union. During the Rising of

1916, some of the Volunteers entered the hospital from the Rialto end and all gates

were secured against the British soldiers before eventually the British made their

way in later in the week. We endeavour to try supply more information if available

before the Board makes a final decision on the application.

Car Parking (future)

In relation to numbers in Table 6.29 which mentions Off-Campus 137 spaces in St

James's Steel, is this not double accounting as the same 137 spac'~s 8re ~entio~~n --• ·-~ uv 6.28 (6-94/95 EIS Chapter 6 Traffic and Transportation). 1 ---

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More input/submission

We believe that the Irish Aviation Authority should have been invited to make a

submission, given the location of a helipad in the heart of the city and whether it is

appropriate etc. It should be considered that they be invited to the oral hearing to

make such a presentation.

Consideration should also be given to seeking the input from the following to ensure

that what is planning will deliver as intended, a national paediatric hospital capable of

dealing with the current and future needs of paediatric care of the country.

A historical account of the sites relevant to 1916 should be sought from local

historians, such as Paul O'Brien who has written extensively on the South Dublin

Union and the Rising, given the importance of preserving what remains of battlefield

sites relating to it for heritage, interpretation and tourism reasons.

A presentation from Luas regarding their concerns around the impacts of

construction and opportunities afterwards should be requested from the operators of

the Luas and Bus Atha Cliath.

Would it be appropriate in advance of construction to ask for a Fire Brigade chief

statement regarding the challenges such a construction will give them and whether

there is a need to enhance the equipment available on site on the campus as a

whole given the greater concentration of staff, patients and combustible/noxious

materials locate in the one site in the future. He may also address questions around

the access required by their ambulances and whether the proposed entrances meet

their requirements.

On a related matter the government officials etc. responsible for national disaster

planning also need to be questioned as to whether the hospital as currently projected

would have the capacity to deal with some of the scenarios they plan for in disaster

planning.

Some of the concerns we have raised could or would be able to be ::.a

addressed/answered by officials from Dublin City Council and they should be asked .r\ ~

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A statement from the operators of the Dublin Bikes scheme and whether they should

also plan a site at the new hospital for bikes would add to the transportation strategy

around this proposal.

Consideration may be given to getting addition statements or inviting ESB, Irish

Water, Child Development experts

Is it intended that the National Children's Development Board will remain in situ

locally accessible beyond commissioning date to help residents etc. in their queries.

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Hospital Name

We believe that it would be appropriate that the Board also consider the future name

of the facility as the National Paediatric Hospital doesn't roll off the tongue easily. We

believe it should be named Doctor Kathleen Lynn National Children's Hospital or

even St Ultans National Children's Hospital in recognition of her pioneering role in

paediatrics in Ireland.

We believe that naming it the Kathleen Lynn Children's Hospital would be

recognition for her important role in delivering medical care for the women and

children of Dublin (the poor in particular) in her pioneering St Ultan's Hospital which

was only down the canal from St James Hospital at Charlemont Street. Dr Lynn

played in children's medical care including the roll-out of a vaccination programme

for BCG. A Mayo woman she challenged many of the norms in society at the time in

relation to women, being a suffragette; a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons; the

first resident doctor in the Eye and Ear Hospital; soup kitchen worker during Lock

Out 1913, a Citizen Army Volunteer and the Officer Commanding of the City Hall

garrison at the end of Easter Week 1916,(the only female Office Commanding

republican forces that week) a prisoner of war, TO and councillor; the founder of St

Ultan's Hospital where worked until she was over 80.

We believe also that it would be also appropriate in the forthcoming commemorative

period that her role as a suffragette, a volunteer in the Irish Citizen Army during the

1916 Rising would also be marked. This would be appropriate in the St James'

Hospital site; given that it was the site of one of the Republican strongholds during

the 1916 Rising -the South Dublin Union.

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Maternity Hospital

On a final note, it is disappointing that this application is a stand-alone application

given that the government has signalled its intention to build a maternity hospital on

the same campus and its plans and these plans would have been better assessed

together given that that construction of it could have and may well if planning is

granted commence while this project is still on site.

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