Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2026
799. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health when the Temple Street Children's Hospital site will be fully decanted; and the plans in place for the site afterwards; and if the HSE can engage immediately with Dublin City Council to bring together a plan for the site which addresses needs in the wider area. [16348/26]
View answerThe National Children’s Hospital Ireland (NCHI) is a much-needed investment in healthcare services for our children and young people which is now in the final stages of construction.
Once NCHI is open and fully operational, the three existing children’s hospitals at Temple Street, Crumlin and the paediatric inpatient unit at Tallaght will close. Children’s Health Ireland’s (CHI’s) Urgent Care Centre at Connolly Hospital and CHI's Emergency Care Unit at Tallaght University Hospital will remain open and continue to provide ambulatory care for children from the Greater Dublin Area.
Following CHI’s move to the NCHI and decommissioning of Temple Street, the building will revert to the ownership of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.
