Mr. Jim Curran:

We are going through a process of finalising the capital plan for 2019 and making decisions about what projects will be progressing in light of the reduced availability of capital in 2019 as a result of €50 million extra being allocated from the HSE capital programme to the children's hospital project. Our discussions will be further informed by engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in terms of how the additional funding required for future years will be treated. For example, will it all come from the health capital funding or will it be supplementary funding? I understand the intention is to have those discussions concluded by the end of January.