Ms Lucy Nugent:

It is a great question. We are bringing together the 39 specialties. These are currently disparate across multiple sites. That gives us an opportunity to have the best of the best in one location for the children of Ireland. We want to work with our regional partners to ensure a child in Donegal, Cork or Kerry gets the same level of care as if they were in a quaternary centre, such as ourselves. It will enable us to leverage that expertise but it will not be the same way of working that it is today. For example, we will be a fully digital hospital at HIMSS level 6. This means that we can leverage data and information. We can forecast and trend, not only from an activity point of view but also from a children's health point of view. We will initially open an additional three operating theatres. That will mean we will be able to provide in excess of an additional 3,000 operating procedures, which is fantastic. We have increased opening capacity, again, enabling us to expand our services.

It will impact on waiting lists and patient outcomes. We are a research and innovation focus. We feel very strongly that our children should have access to the best available treatment, which is really important. We are doing that on an all-Ireland basis. From that perspective, we will have a quaternary neonatal ICU, the first of its kind in the country. Newborn babies are being resuscitated earlier and earlier. It will be amazing to provide that service to the entire country. There will be 18 beds in that new facility. We are very excited about it.

In addition, there will be a new CAMHS unit. While it is not under the governance of CHI, it is fantastic that we will be able to work alongside our mental health colleagues to try to address some of the challenges young people are experiencing from a mental health point of view. That is another opportunity.

While Ronald McDonald House is not under CHI but operating under licence to it, 52 families will be able to be reunited with their child there. There is nothing worse than fragmenting a family, particularly for a child who has to spend long periods in hospital. There will be an underground tunnel, which means families will not have go outside in the middle of the night, if their child needs them. There will be 14 gardens over 4 acres. Children will be able to play outside in a safe environment.

Having a raised helipad will mean we will be able to transport children from all around the country quickly. It will also serve our colleagues in St James's Hospital. There are lots of things. I am quite passionate and I could keep talking about it.