Mr. Derek Tierney:

I might come in on that. As Mr. Gunning said, the contractor’s own programme is now suggesting a substantial completion date of March 2024.

That will be followed by at least a six-month commissioning programme. Colleagues within the HSE and CHI are engaged in a commissioning programme. There are probably two commissioning stages - a technical commissioning stage around bringing equipment online and services into use and then a period to integrate the services across the existing three hospitals on one site. Those discussions are ongoing and will be largely informed by the progress of the construction programme. I understand completely the desire for certainty but we are in uncertain times. We have a contractor's programme that states a date and that is the date to which we are holding the contractor.