I thank Deputy Carthy for acknowledging that there has been important investment. I know he is asking about the future and I respect that, but when there has been such an increase in funding to Monaghan Hospital, it is important too that we acknowledge it and that we acknowledge the work the healthcare workers have done with that funding on behalf of the local communities.
In terms of the exact funding that will go to Monaghan Hospital next year, that is being worked out now through the process of the letter of determination into the HSE, which will issue very shortly. The HSE will then come back with a draft national service plan and that level of detail is where that gets worked through. What I can say is that at a policy level, safe staffing, safe nurse staffing, which I know Deputy Carthy's party has signed up to, is fully funded next year for every hospital, including Monaghan Hospital, so there will likely be additional investments there.
It is also worth saying - I do not know if I will be seeing the Deputy tomorrow but I may be – that the investment in Monaghan Hospital is one part of the investment into the area more broadly. I will come back in my second response to reference the community-based investment as well.