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Seanad Éireann · 2022-12-13

Naming of the National Children’s Hospital: Motion

IND Sharon Keogan · Industrial and Commercial Panel

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I move: That Seanad Éireann calls on the Minister for Health to name the new National Children’s Hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn, noting her contribution as Chief Medical Officer in the Irish Citizen Army, and her role in establishing St.

Ultan’s Hospital, one of the most important centres for paediatric healthcare in the early years of the Irish State.

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IND Sharon Keogan this contribution

I move:

That Seanad Éireann calls on the Minister for Health to name the new National Children’s Hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn, noting her contribution as Chief Medical Officer in the Irish Citizen Army, and her role in establishing St. Ultan’s Hospital, one of the most important centres for paediatric healthcare in the early years of the Irish State.

IND Victor Boyhan

I second the motion.

Question put and agreed to.