Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am a little puzzled because the €40 million figure includes integrated design team costs of €6.1 million. As Mr. Pollock indicated to Deputy Connaughton, these costs related to connectivity and joining up, in a rational, efficient and quality manner, the services of three separate hospitals to create one service. I am concerned and do not fully understand how the level of impairment is as great as Mr. Pollock suggests. In terms of the business case for the hospital, according to Mr. Pollock, the build, design and operate costs were €5 million. While I understand that the hospital location has changed and the hospital will have a different appearance, I would not have expected the capacity of the hospital, as a national facility, to change to such an extent that the work would not carry forward. Does Mr. Pollock see where I am taking this line of logic?