Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is being done in line with the public spending code. Based on the outcome of the strategic assessment report, the business cases will be prepared. It is now November. The information I have suggests the hospitals will be ready by the end of the year, which is a small number of weeks away. When they are in place, we can carry out the project design, planning and procurement, and put the final business case together. Critically, at the same time that we are identifying, procuring and buying or building the facility, we will plan in a detailed way the services that will go in there, as well as the staff, the equipment and so forth.