Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do not want that. We will figure that bit out and fill in the gaps. I ask Dr. Curtis to do the equation I asked her to do, if she does not mind. Then we will see what that figure is and we will look at the figure of 473 to see if that is what this hospital requires.

We will then allow for future planning and future population. With the advent of Sláintecare, information and communications technology and all of that sort of stuff, and with the two satellite centres outside the main hospital, we have to look at the scale of decision-making as regards requirements. This is where costs soar.