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Our

Ref: 29N.PA0043

P.A.Reg.Ref:

Your Ref:

Heather Iland

77 O Reilly Avenue

CeanntFort

Dublin 8

8th October 2015

Dear Madam,

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

Bord Pleam\la

An Bord Pleanala has 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

ad

vised that copies of all submissions 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 officesof 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 Pleanalareferencenumber in any correspondence or telephone contact with

the

Board.

Yours faithfully,

iff ' ' ~ ...5I.,

::J

ran Somers

Executive Officer

Direct Line:Ol-8737107

Encls.

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An

Bord Pleanala

64 Marlborough St,

Dublin 1

1st October 2015

Ref: Pl29N.PA0043

Enclosed fee : 50

To whom It may concern,

LTRO TED

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As a resident living In 77

O Reilly

Avenue for the last 21 years, I have concerns regarding

the

developments proposed for the StJames's Hospital Campus.

A National Children's Hospital, a new maternity hospital , a new children's research facility, a new

successful ageing facility, and a new rebuild forSt James's Hospital.

How are people to get

there?

I am already afraid to leave my home by car to try and get from Ato

B,

looking outat

the

traffic, day

in,

day out blockins Mount Brown down to

Kilmainham

Crossroad, blockins South Circular out to

James's St, blocking James's St to Bow lane, to lnfinnary

Road

to get

out

to the N4 and Heuston

Station.

Traffic

everywhere, and this

is

now, what

will

it be

like

then ? perish

the

thought of having a

loved one stuck out on one of these roads trying to

get

medical help

from

this centre of excellence

we are planning. I asked an Ambulance man once as I saw him looking fed up trying to get out o St

James's how long have you been there? It's taken me 20 minutes to get from the main concourse

to here.

he

replied. That's not what

he

signed up for when

he

did his paramedic training.

he

thought he'd

be

helping to save

lives

not sit in traffic. I noticed a traffic monitor installed on Mount

Brown the other day, who put it there? Nobody knows, I walk past a day later the cables are cut

There

will

be no accurate monitoring of traffic here , no amount of standing out on the road with

your clipboards counting cars,

you

just have to be here to live It, and It's not pleasant, and these

developments planned for this area seem unthinkable , I don't use my car unless absolutely

necessary because I agree with Dublin City Council, I agree we should keep traffic

out

but I have a

mere 15 minute walk

to

my work place. I am not a nurse

or

doctor working 60-80 hour shifts and

having to travel back to my home in one of satellite towns or In the SUburbs .


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Wbere's the

parking

space?

I love living where I live , I love looking

out

at the boiler house chimneys , watching the sun bounce

off those silver towers,

I

believe it's

to be

referred

to as the

Energy Centre and

the

silver chimneys

are to

be

re designed,

The underground car park will go there , that's

the

one that's designed to house

1000

cars, built on

a site

that

already houses 600 cars, so that's an extra 400 spaces.

What about the flooding?

The entrance to

the

construction site is to

be

located at Mount Brown. During construction this is

where

the

trucks

that

will

be

decanting and refilling

the

site with over

100

trucks

per

day,

transporting tons

of

soil and debris. According

to the

plans

the

Electrlcs and Gas all located close

to

the

entrance, just where

the

road dips Mount Brown continues to Old Kllmalnham where floods can

occur on raining days. Most residents along

that

stretch have sand bags

to

block

that

entrance,

across

the

road is where my friend lives whose insurance company refuses

to

insure his

house

because of

the

cons tant flooding.

Where

is the expansion space?

They say this hospital will have a

life

span

of 100

years, with only 20% expansion room and that's by

taking away

the

'Meadow Garden' and

the

roads

that

will house

the

buses , cars and taxis travelling

..

-

through the concourse. Crumlln Hospital has had 7 5 ~ expansion In

the

a s t ~

l

J 1 . ~

rw

A report by

the

minister

In

2012 quotes paediatric patient numbers

are to In

r w l ~ n

----.

now and

2021

U

OC

a\

This development

to me

seems ludicrous, there's no room for growth and ex jc lon by

the

time It's FROM

finished

t

will

be

too small to serve Its purpose. ~ \ R O A i E O _ - ,

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What's the alternative?

f

It is deemed necessary and crucial

that

we now must have tri location ,

then

why was

the

Coombe

site mentioned in

the

Dolphin Report never given

proper

consideration?

The only 2 weaknesses listed in

the

report being:

8

minute covered walk currently crossing a busy street

' Site having to

be

acquired by multiple owners - one being Dublin Oty Council

the

other being

NAMA.

The StJames Hospital campus however states in the Dolphin Report 8 weaknesses:

' New children's and materni ty hospitals

will

consume most capacity for expansion

of adult

hospital


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Riskof traffic congestion near the Rialto Gate

Capacity

to

accommodate height and bulk

of the

proposed new children's hosp building

yet to

be

demonstrated notwithstanding current permission for private hospital on site

overal l proposed level of parking on

SJH

Campus likely

to be an

issue

Need

to

decantexisting buildings/uses on proposed site could cause delays

Difficult

site

to

build

onN

Construction costs likely to be more expensive than on a greenfield site

Demolition and decanting costs

How will this affect me

and

my family?

None

of

this matters because

the NPHDB

deemed it unnecessary

to

inspect my house

at they

inspected 76

but that s

where they'll stop because

the

cracks in my walls

at

the

back

of

my house

will not

be

effected when they start construction and site clearing, surely

Ifwe

are to

be

good

neighbours and they

say

they are

engaging wtth

the

local community they could have done me

the

courtesy

of

Inspecting my property when I requested It, Instead my house was deemed Irrelevant.

So Iwant assurances.

Iwant a Conditional Survey

I want to know where

the

Zone of influence is from my property.

Where defects

are noted and

If problems occur during development,

that

works

be

carried

out to

make good.

When construction beginswhat assurances have

I, that

my home will be supported and protected

from damage

and

subsidence?

The 3

metre

high underground service tunnel is

to be

located

10

metres from my home,

the

underground 3 storey carpark will there

be

vibrations?

.

...,..,,;ai"Lo..

What

about

the Dust, Noise and Pollution? r ~ = l j j P u ~ ~ N J l ~

. BY .

My

husband and son both suffer with asthma.

How

will this affect their ~ ? ME .

S

My husband works from

home

his work will

be

disturbed by constant noise ring the day.l OC\ ~ t \

Will

we

be

temporarily rehoused

or

compensated

In

any way

If

this affects ou quality

of

life?

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L\R0

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PL

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In conclusion, I wish to voice my objection to this development In the strongeJ.termsfor all the

above reasons,

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