Mr. Colm Desmond:

I will outline a broad position from the Department's prospective and Mr. Sullivan can come in then.

It is quite clear that we have some significant projects under way which I outlined my statement such as, for example, the radiation oncology project, the forensic mental hospital, the rehabilitation hospital and a range of other areas. The development plan, however, absolutely will now need to be reconfigured to take account of the Government decision is in December to accommodate increased costs for the children's hospital.

We had already commenced the process late last year of engaging with the HSE on the 2019 capital plan. That process is now intensively under way again because we now have the decision of December on the children's hospital and we know the extent of commitments arising from that.

In developing the 2019 capital plan, that will have to take account of what is contractually committed by the HSE via its annual requirement to meet the risk associated, as I mentioned earlier, and the Exchequer funds required for the children's hospital. Inevitably, that process will require prioritisation and the HSE has been requested to do this. That is under way; it is the process in which the Department is engaged.