Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is often about the way it is calculated. People will calculate things in a different and particular way. As I said earlier, under this Government €91 million has been invested in the hospital so far. That includes the construction of the new outpatient department, OPD, with 16 consulting rooms, four virtual consulting rooms and two minor procedure rooms. That was completed in quarter 1 of this year and it has been opened. In the pipeline is the lab extension, the OPD extension and the additional day beds for the cath lab, which are crucially important as the Deputy will agree. Beyond that are the new adult mental health unit and the new ward block. I am determined to get those projects moving. I have sought from the Department of Health a list of projects that are shovel-ready, in respect of which there is planning permission and that could go to tender. I do not have that yet. As soon as I get it, I will engage with Minister for Health and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, in order to see if there are projects in respect of which planning permission has been obtained but that have stalled for some reason. We will get them moving.

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