Dr. Emma Curtis:

I thank Deputy Catherine Murphy for the question. Interestingly, at the time we were designing the children's hospital, it coincided with the Ebola outbreak and the significant concerns that Ebola might be imported into the country. It is a highly infectious disease. We were aware that we had to factor in something like Ebola. Obviously, we did not know about Covid-19 then. We had to design with the potential and possibility of that kind of infection in mind. We needed to future-proof the building. The infection prevention control measures taken in the design of the building were extremely comprehensive. To reflect what is in it, there is 100% single rooms in the general wards, the emergency department and the intensive care unit. For example, at that time there was a request that there might be open provision in some of the intensive care units for various logistical reasons but we-----