Ms Eilísh Hardiman:

Absolutely. An example concerns the assessment areas in the emergency and urgent care centres. There are 54 assessment areas. Those are really important. That is how we actually get the children in and out in a timely manner. We have ten assessment cubicles. They are all single in keeping with the nature of paediatrics, which requires isolation. There are ten even in the satellites and there are 34 in the emergency department. Even with all those, there are treatment rooms and other supporting facilities that are important.

I assure members of the committee that we have had three external reviews of our activity and capacity. These were commissioned by the HSE in our early stages of planning to test the robustness of the clinical planning and the requirements. I give assurance on the requirements. I am happy to give a breakdown and demonstrate how much of the hospital concerns the clinical aspect.

It is complicated because even the 60-bed critical care ICU will be the largest unit of its kind. Many support rooms are needed around such a facility, including mechanical and electrical. We can happily break that down for the Senator.