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Thu 01 Jan 2007Primate-elect's concern over children's hospitalThe Church of Ireland primate-elect, Bishop Alan Harper, said he feels "a significant degree of concern over the direction that the decision-making process on the proposed national children's hospital has taken and the implications that it has for Tallaght."Responding to a query from The Irish Times, he continued: "I believe that a historic contribution has been made to the Irish health services by the Protestant community. I hope that this contribution can be safeguarded and enhanced in the future in whatever shape the proposed new national children's hospital takes."