1474. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the design brief for the new surgical hub building at Letterkenny University Hospital incorporates inpatient wards on the upper floors of the building and a link corridor connecting said wards to the main hospital; and if so, if the architectural design brief specifically references the need to isolate the surgical hub from such inpatient wards as may be built on the upper floors of the building. [65930/26]

I have asked the HSE, as sponsoring agency with day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of the new surgical hubs to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.