[3] In 2007, he was appointed by Minister for Health, Mary Harney as chairman of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board.
When Lynch sought to present to the board a proposal to build the new hospital on Smyth's land, he was obliged to resign his position by Mary Harney.
[5] In March 2011, after a new health minister was appointed following a general election, Lynch went on radio to argue that the a city centre location for the new hospital would be inaccessible and have parking difficulties.
Rebel shareholders led by Gerry Killen, Alf Smiddy, Mike Soden and Peter Brennan, criticised Lynch's remuneration in a year in which the company reported a loss of €11m and challenged his reappointment.
[8] In March 2011, a court hearing was held in relation to an unpaid loan of €25m owed to Allied Irish Banks by Lynch, his wife and four children.