A planning application was submitted in January, 2008 for a co-located hospital on the grounds of.Beaumont Hospital. The new facility will represent an investment of almost €297m by BMG. When fully operational the new hospital will directly employ over 504 staff. With additional indirect employment of approximately 776 people, the new hospital is expected to make a significant positive contribution to the local economy.

The hospital will be operational within 30 months of construction commencing.

The hi-tech, state-of-the-art hospital will comprise 170 single rooms with 16 Critical Care beds, 6 operating theatres, a day procedural suite and a full diagnostic imaging department incorporating some €26.4m worth of new generation equipment. The gross floor area will encompass approximately 38,815 sq metres. The hospital will mirror the case-mix of the public hospital, in that all specialities catered for in the public hospital will also be catered for in the co-located hospital – both medical and surgical, with the exception of national specialities. There will be a joint governance structure to manage shared issues.