Mr. Derek Tierney:

The Government decision was to progress five surgical hubs. In fact, we have plans under way to progress six. There is to be two in the Dublin area and a hub each in Galway, Cork, Waterford and Limerick.

I am hoping by the end of this week or early next week we will have resolved all sites. The plan is to bring at least three of those forward as early as we can, even with an ambition of within the end of the year.