Mr. Michael Fitzgerald:

We have approval for a full capital submission, which we recently received through our internal processes in the HSE. It will be dependent on sufficient funding being available in the capital plan for the development of the site, no more than any other development we put forward. It will take a number of years for it to be built, unquestionably. We are talking about four to five years until we have a ten-bed facility. There are two other important issues locally from the Deputy's perspective. The four-bed house that we sought is now at "Sale agreed" and we also intend that the developers will be on-site for the community hospital across the road in Midleton by the end of the year. They are important developments in Midleton in the broader sense of health services. It actually also affords the opportunity for the use of Midleton sites. It serves the Midleton Community Hospital complex inside for future purposes on that site.