Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE

Mr. Derek Tierney:

We now have a design team on board. It is starting to figure out what is the route to planning permission. It is also working with the clinical side to understand the model of care for both sites. We are designing a model of care. We started design work on the facility that will allow us to go to planning and, as the Secretary General has said, to get out to the market, subject to Government approval. We will try to engage with the market in advance of Government approval to tee it up and give it a signal that we are ready. We will also look at market capacity.