Professor Frank Monahan:

From a European perspective, I think it would be challenging. We are in the process of appointing an architect. We have a set of plans already but they have to be updated. The architect will come up with the final design. We will then go to planning and building. The "A" match is to begin building in 2025 and, I hope, to open a new facility by 2026. In 2026, we will be celebrating 100 years of the faculty at UCD. That is the ambition at the moment. It is moving along. We always have to get the rest of the funding but we are progressing even now. The plan is to have the major infrastructural piece done by 2026. That will include new laboratories and new facilities for teaching for our agriculture and veterinary students.