Mr. Bernard Gloster:

It will, but to be fair, the Bon Secours group has been considering the project and the background work for a Limerick hospital for quite some time. I absolutely accept we could do better on the time that passes between a decision being made and a spade going into the ground. I had discussions about the elective hospital strategy only yesterday. For two of the three elective hospitals, we will achieve what is required of us by September or October in terms of the grounding business case to move it on to serious decision-making, which will eventually lead to design, procurement and so on. To be fair to my colleagues in the Department of Health and in other Departments, particularly the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform, I would rather wait until next Wednesday's meeting to give the Deputy the detail. However, on the general principle, we should be doing more to shorten the process.