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Our Ref: 29N.PA0043

P A.Reg.Ref:

Your

Ref:

Gloria Rooney

Killakee Drive

Walkinstown

Dublin 12

6th 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 Pleamila

An Bord Pleamlla has received your recent submission

in

relation to the above mentioned proposed development andwill

take it into consideration in its determinationof 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 e advised 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 officesofAn Bord Pleamila 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,

Encls.

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Our Ref: 29N.PA0043

P.A.Reg.Ref:

Your

Ref:

Paul O'Neill

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

C/0 G.V.A. Planning Regeneration

Floor 2, Seagrave House

19-20 Earlsfort Terrace

Dublin 2

5th October 2015

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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 Pleamila

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Enclosed for your information is a copy of submission(s) received by the Board in relation to the above mentioned

proposed development.

If you have any queries in relation to the matter please contact the undersigned officerof the Board.

Please quote the above mentionedAn Bord Pleami.la reference number in any correspondenceor telephone contact with

the Board.

Yours faithfully,

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Ref: 29N.PA0043

P.A.Reg.Ref:

Your Ref:

Chief Executive Officer

Dublin City Council

Civic Offices

Wood Quay

Dublin 8

5th October 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,



James Hospital Campus,

Sate ite

Centres at Tallaght Connolly

Hospitals and Construction Compound

at

Davitt Road, Dublin.

Enclosed for your information are two copies

of

submissions received by the Board in relation to the above mentioned


Please ensure that a copy

of

each submission is available for public inspection at the offices

of

the planning authority.

f

you have any queries in relation to this matter please contact the undersigned officer

of

the Board. Please quote the

above mentioned

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Bord Pleamila reference number in any correspondenceor telephone contact with the Board.

Yours faithfully,

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Ref: 29N.PA0043

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Chief

Executive Officer

Fingal County Council

County Hall

Main

Street

Swords

County Dublin

5th October 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,



James' Hospital Campus, Satellite Centres at Tallaght Connolly

Hospitals and Construction Compound at Davitt Road, Dublin.

Enclosed for your information are two copies

of

submissions received

by

the Board in relation to the above mentioned



of

each submission is available for public inspectionat the officesof he planning authority.

If you have any queries in relation

to

this matter please contact the undersigned officer of the Board. Please quote the

above mentioned

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Bord Pleanala reference numberin any correspondenceor telephone contact with the Board.

Yours faithfully,

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Direct Line:Ol-8737107

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Chief Executive Officer

South Dublin County Council

County Hall

Tallaght

Dublin 24

5th October

2015

Dear Sir/Madam,



James' Hospital Campus, Satellite Centres at Tallaght & Connolly

Hospitals

and

Construction Compound at Davitt Road, Dublin.

An Bord Pleamila

Enclosed for your information are

two

copies

of

submissions received by the Board in relation to the above mentioned



of

each submission

is

available

for

public inspection at the offices

of

the planning authority.

If

you have any queries

in

relation to this matter please contact the undersigned officer

of

the Board. Please quote the

above mentioned n

Bord

Pleamila reference number in any correspondence or telephone contact with

the

Board.

Yours faithfully,

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Somers

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The Secretary

An Bord Pleanala

64 Marlborough Street

Dublin 1

To

Whom

It

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I am writing

to

you to express my concerns at the possibility of The National Children's Hospital

being granted planning permission on the StJames's Hospital campus.

For

a variety

of

reasons I strongly oppose the decision to build the Children's Hospital on the

St

James's Hospital campus. Many

of

my reasons are the same reasons that the building

of

the

Children's Hospital was refused planning permission on the Mater Hospital campus.

It

is quite

astounding

to

me and to many other health care professionals

and

many members

of

the public that

the Children's Hospital Group Board agreed the Children's Hospital should be buil t on the grounds of

StJames's . Anyone familiar with the StJames's Hospital campus knows that it is already a sprawling

complex with very little space to extend, that parking is a nightmare and traffic congestion is

appalling at peak hours. Surely

it

makes much more

sense

to build the hospital beside Tallaght

hospital or the Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown?

I

work

in

St

James's Hospital

as

a Social Worker and have heard the views

of

many regarding the

building

of

the Children's Hospital. I have heard many other health care professionals, patients and

their family members express their concerns regarding the building of the Children's hospital. Very

few I have spoken to feel it is a good idea. I would imagine i f you were to take an opinion poll most

people would disagree with StJames's Hospital as a suitable site. Unfortunately, it is a powerful

minority that get

to

make stupid decisions.

Parking traffic congestion

The NCH is to

be

built on what is now a staff car park. I have asked at meetings if this sta ff car park is

built on where are staff to park? The answer I got was the aim was to reduce those who drive to

work. However, there are already a substantial amount

of

staff that do not drive.

If

you build a

children's hospital there will be more staff, patients and visitors

to

St

James s therefore increasing

the need

for

parking. There were originally talks

of

building a multi-storey car park

but

apparently

the council would not agree to this

as

the council wants to decrease the amount

of

traffic through

the city.

If

this

is

the

case

surely StJames's hospital

is

not the place for the NCH? Those involved with

the plans for the

NCH

are choosing to ignore the issue

of

parking

for

staff, patients and visitors.

It is

simplistic to

think

that walking, cycling and public transport is

an

option for everyone. I personally

used

to

take public transport until I had children. Once I had children to collect from creche and

school taking public transport became unmanageable

as

getting

two buses

to and from work took

too long. At peak hours it could take thirty minutes for the bus to exit St James's Hospital and turn

right onto

St

Circular road.

By

driving I could choose to take the least congested route

and

save

valuable time.

The

policy

of

hospital management

to

decrease staff parking

has

forced staff to park

elsewhere. This is already causing problems for residents in the area and

i f

the NCH goes ahead this


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problem will only get worse. There are also many staff in StJamess who are commuting outside of

Dublin and there

is

no alternative to driving.

Space for Expansion

There is no room for expansion.

s i t is

the hospital is expanding its services

for

its adult patients and

this expansion has had some negative consequences

for

patients. As a social worker I see the

importance and value of a holistic view to healthcare. The medical element of care may be excellent

but the holistic approach to health care is very much ignored in StJames s. I believe i f a holistic

approach to healthcare was taken this would have a positive impact on the physical and mental

health of patients. This in turn would reduce the length of admissions to hospital. t really saddens

me to

see

the amount of building that

has

been taking place over the last few years. Such buildings

include The St Luke s Radiotherapy Department, Medicine for the Elderly building, the new Doctor s

Residence and the new multi faith chapel.

My objections

to

the new buildings are that many of our

patient s wards and rooms are now looking

out onto

buildings rather than open spaces. There are no

green spaces left. Although

it

is fantastic to have a radiotherapy department in StJames s hospital

the experience of the patient who attends St Lukes

in

Rathgar compared to St Luke s in StJames s is

very different. Having cancer and undergoing treatment is stressful enough without having to deal

with other stresses such

as

the cost of parking, the hustle and bustle of a busy hospital and the lack

of

open spaces. St Luke s in Rathgar is a therapeutic environment compared to the sprawl

of St

James s. Is the building of a medical empire more important to the powers that be than the building

of a therapeutic setting? A therapeutic environment is even more important

for

children.

Access

to

gardens and play areas will be hugely important for sick children. The few courtyards that exist in

St

James s have been closed to the public because there is a massive drug problem in the hospital. Do

we

want

our sick children exposed to this world? The Children s Hospital has been designed with a

roof top garden. In reality I wonder how much use a roof top garden on top of a high storey building

would be used Surely any further expansion (for which there

is

no room) should be to benefit our

adult population? The catchment area forSt James s Hospital has an aging population rather than a

young one.

I

am

appealing to you not to grant permission

for

the National Children s Hospital to be built on the

St

James s hospital campus. f permission

is

granted it will have disastrous consequences for staff

and patients of StJames s Hospital, sick children and residents living near StJames s.

Yours faithful ly

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