Mr. Pat Healy:

It is a community hospital which also provides rehabilitation and the facility will be further developed. It will have a rehabilitation component and a community hospital type of component, which is why the costs will be higher. However, the costs will not be included as part of the fair deal scheme as time goes on because the focus will be on the community hospital type of approach in relation to more high dependent people who need rehabilitation and step-down care linked to Portlaoise hospital and so on. There will be step-down out of Portlaoise hospital. This is a positive thing in terms of Abbeyleix into the future.