Ms Fionnuala Duffy:

To come in from a service point of view, we can look at square metres and at beds. However, what is really important is the activity and service we will get for children through the capacity. As the CEO, Ms Eilísh Hardiman, outlined last week, while there may not be a significant difference in the number of beds from the bed stock in the current hospitals, what is significant is the volume of activity for children we can get through this new hospital. An increase in-patient activity of more than 16% will be possible with broadly the same number of beds.