Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To return to the issue of adding capacity, capital programmes are very important, as is engagement with the Department of Health on delivery of those programmes. The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform is carrying out a review of the public spending code in the context of the delivery of projects. Will Mr. Gloster have an input in that regard in terms of trying to speed up key projects? I refer to the proposal for a new emergency department and a maternity and paediatric centre for Galway, for example. Detailed designs were prepared in 2018 for delivery of that project. The strategic assessment report has just been agreed or sanctioned by the Department of Health. It is necessary to go through a convoluted process of preliminary business cases, design brief and so on. Will Mr. Gloster have an input in terms of trying to speed up that process?