Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

I would have some past experience from previous roles with this. There have never been resources available within the overall capital plan nor a specific policy decision to build a hospital there, nor the working out of the possible implications that would have for other hospitals in the region. The reason that hospital was first mooted was as an all-encompassing level 3 or level 4 hospital for what was at the time covered by five hospitals in the north-east region. There are things that come with having a single large hospital that are not yet visible in policy and certainly not funded in a region such as that, which would have implications for the other hospitals. Those issues have never been fully resolved. I will not comment on the Deputy's-----