Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for Mr. Mulvany on that aspect of the money that is allocated for the capital plan. My particular interest in this regards the shelving or otherwise of the proposed regional hospital in Navan. In 2011, Deputy Regina Doherty, Minister for Employment and Social Protection as of last night, and Minister of State with responsibility for housing, Deputy Damien English extensively highlighted that this would be built within five years. This open pledge was made on the front pages of newspapers in my constituency a week before a general election in 2011. That is a statement by them, I do not expect Mr. Mulvany to comment on that. In the context of that very public pledge, however, I ask Mr. Mulvany if there was ever any attempt to ascertain the particular resources available to the HSE to implement such a pledge.