Dr. Emma Curtis:

The satellites in Tallaght University Hospital and Connolly Hospital are both operational. They are both functioning. The satellite in Connolly is functioning as an emergency care unit and as an urgent care centre, and the one in Tallaght is operating 24 hours a day because there is still an inpatient unit in Tallaght. There is no inpatient unit in Connolly and, therefore, it is not open during the night. Inpatients are transferred to the most suitable one of the three hospitals, depending on what is wrong with the child. Outpatient services are running as well in both Tallaght and Connolly. I work with the neurodevelopmental and disability service and we are doing all our clinics in the new build in Tallaght. It works really well and people really like it. It is a lovely environment and atmosphere. The quality of the rooms is good. All the services we need are there. There is the emergency care unit downstairs and there is a radiology department there that works. We still have a lot of liaison and links with Tallaght University Hospital because all our samples go to that laboratory and we also access CT and MRI imaging from there. The new build is going really well.