Tá ceist amháin agam faoi reachtaíocht atá forógartha. I want to raise with the Taoiseach the proposed legislation in regard to the national paediatric development board. Last month he announced appointments to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and also membership of the Children's Hospital Group Board under the stewardship of Eilísh Hardiman but we still have not had sight of the key elements of the proposed hospital, particularly the plans, and there has been no physical progress towards building this much needed hospital. When will we see plans submitted for the national children's hospital which was announced with such great fanfare? When will the national paediatric hospital development board (amendment) Bill be introduced?

This is one of the biggest building projects ever undertaken in the country which will hopefully provide the very best level of care and attention for children for the island of Ireland over the next 50 years. I admit there was certainly slippage during the past 12 months about getting the boards together for this. The person the Deputy mentioned is a person of exceptional competence. The personnel are now all in order and only last week I was given a coherence about what is happening here. I will ask the Minister, Deputy Reilly, to bring the Deputy up to date on this. The Bill will soon be in here but I cannot give him an exact date for that. I will arrange for the Deputy to be given an update on the work that has taken place in the past six months, where we are at now and when it is likely that people can check on the website and be able to see the progress that has been made for the national children's paediatric hospital.

Is there a timeline for the plans?

There is a timeline and that will be included in the response that will be given to him. There are timelines set for the planning application and for the approval, hopefully, of planning permission and construction dates. These have been referred to by the Minister already. There was slippage in the beginning and some time was lost but I hope that we can have an effective response from the boards that are in place and from Ms Hardiman whom the Deputy mentioned.