Ms Anne Kennedy:

On the state of project, at present it is undergoing finally snagging which is due to complete tomorrow. At that stage, the certificates of compliance will be undertaken and they will be sent to HIQA. HIQA needs to re-register side A of the hospital in advance of moving patients back in. That will give us the ten single en suite rooms on side A. Side B is then being vacated. There will be the opening up of the 11 intermediate care beds and also the opening up of the day care facility on the site. The day care facility is a temporary facility. Once that is reopened, the development control plan will be reviewed to see how a day care facility can be accommodated on the site. Once day care is in its permanent home, the additional seven beds in the intermediate care part of the hospital will be opened. That is the sequence of events as it needs to happen.

Snagging will be complete tomorrow followed by certification followed by registration. Those are the key next steps.