My Department has not received from the South-Eastern Health Board a detailed submission in relation to a proposed phase II development at St. Joseph's Hospital. It is my Department's understanding that the board's priority under the national development plan has been to provide new facilities at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dungarvan. If my Department receives such a submission from the board in relation to St. Joseph's, it will be considered in the context of overall funding resources available for health service developments.