Mr. Bernard Gloster:

That is what I would hope but ultimately it will be down to what the contractors can and cannot do, and to the limitations of the site. There is some moving to be done on site. The only aspect after the planning that will dictate the start date will be the cash profile in the capital plan next year. The money is approved within the 2021 programme, but as the members are aware the cash is profiled each year.

Senator Conway-Walsh asked about the €500 million. This investment programme in public, elderly residential care units is not for additional capacity but for replacement capacity. It replaces, predominantly, the old nightingale wards in the older institutional system to provide facilities for older people who are in long-term care in a space that is compliant with regulations and consistent with modern day best practice. It is a replacement programme.