Mr. Bernard Gloster:

The plan on community teams is to fill four CHOs this year. I think it will go into early next year because recruitment pressures against the grades we seek.

We are putting the next five CHOs, of which CHO 3, which covers the mid west, is one, into the Estimates bid this year with, hopefully, the approval going into 2024, in order to add to what is there. The mid west is not starting from zero. It has a pre-existing team, albeit not to the scale of what the new strategy requires, but at least we are not starting from zero. There is a fairly definitive plan for CHO 3, subject to the final Estimates process.

On the inpatient neurological nurses specific to UHL, I am not familiar with the detail of the requirements. I will certainly look at it for the Deputy. I am just not sure what the issue is but there is no issue about looking at it. The Leben Building was developed in association with the Parkinson's Association of Ireland and others. It is a neurologically focused piece, so I imagine it is associated with that. I will certainly take it up with the hospital CEO. If we can support it, of course we will.