Michael Bell
Question:317 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by his Department in providing finance to the North-Eastern Health Board for its proposed £25 million development plan; the elements of the plan which will be implemented in 1999; if plans for the capital building elements of the plan have been completed and agreed by his Department and the board; if final agreement has been reached on the major building programme at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, and other hospitals in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23773/98]