Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 June 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards

12:20 pm

Mr. Tony O'Brien:

I will come back to the Deputy with a formal response but my understanding is that the interval period has been around the design and specification of the fit-out in order that it could then be procured. The original building is capable of being used for a number of purposes but it is now to be used as an emergency department, and that required proper spatial planning and specification in order that it could then be procured.