asked the Minister for Health if he will state for each of the years 1936 to 1962 inclusive (a) the grants made available in each case by his Department towards the erection and improvement of hospitals in County Cork and (b) the total cost of the works in each case.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Cork Hospitals.
3.
The total number of institutions in Cork in respect of which grants were made available from the Hospitals Trust Fund during the period specified was 36. The purposes for which grants were made available included the provision of a regional sanatorium, an orthopaedic hospital, a new maternity hospital, a new institution for mentally handicapped persons, a new admission unit at a mental hospital, reconstruction and adaptation works at existing hospitals, provision of new equipment, installation of central heating and sanitary annexes and lifts and fire escapes at certain hospitals, provision of accommodation for staff, carrying out of major schemes of repairs and so on.
The compilation of a statement in the particular form requested would entail an undue expenditure of time and labour when so many different hospitals and so many different types of projects are involved, and taking into account that a period of 27 years is specified. Information is available, however, regarding the total grant-payments made in each financial year to each of the institutions in the area administered by Cork Health Authority and the details are set out in a tabular statement which I propose, a Cheann Comhairle, with your permission, to circulate in the Official Report.
Information is not readily available regarding the total cost of each capital project carried out in Cork over the period of 27 years covered in the question and it would involve detailed research of departmental records and files and reference to many of the hospital authorities concerned to determine the total cost in each instance. Details of the total cost of the major projects are included in the tabular statement to be circulated in the Official Report.
STATEMENT showing the amounts paid by way of grant from the Hospitals Trust Fund for hospital building and equipment works in the Cork area in the years 1936-37 to 1962-63 inclusive.
SECTION A. HEALTH AUTHORITY INSTITUTIONS.
St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire
|
£ |
|
|
1945-46 |
2,471 |
|
1946-47 |
3,604 |
|
1947-48 |
18,249 |
|
1948-49 |
8,500 |
|
1949-50 |
14,000 |
|
1950-51 |
119,000 |
|
1951-52 |
180,000 |
|
1952-53 |
227,000 |
|
1953-54 |
317,000 |
|
1954-55 |
375,000 |
|
1955-56 |
235,000 |
|
1956-57 |
111,000 |
|
1957-58 |
3,000 |
|
1958-59 |
6,000 |
|
1959-60 |
64,000 |
|
1960-61 |
10,000 |
|
1962-63 |
1,861 |
|
TOTAL |
1,695,685 |
St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Gurranebraher
|
£ |
|
|
1950-51 |
91,450 |
|
1951-52 |
53,650 |
|
1952-53 |
76,640 |
|
1953-54 |
111,068 |
|
1954-55 |
134,348 |
|
1955-56 |
63,746 |
|
1956-57 |
33,107 |
|
1957-58 |
6,919 |
|
1958-59 |
5,375 |
|
1959-60 |
31,508 |
|
1960-61 |
13,377 |
|
TOTAL |
621,188 |
County Hospital, Bantry
|
£ |
|
|
1953-54 |
3,541 |
|
1954-55 |
700 |
|
1955-56 |
15,000 |
|
1956-57 |
76,960 |
|
1957-58 |
58,540 |
|
1958-59 |
22,160 |
|
1959-60 |
11,000 |
|
1960-61 |
1,000 |
|
1961-62 |
15,000 |
|
1962-63 |
393 |
|
TOTAL |
204,294 |
St. Finbarr's Hospital
|
£ |
|
|
1938-39 |
416 |
|
1939-40 |
1,550 |
|
1940-41 |
80 |
|
1942-43 |
3,346 |
|
1944-45 |
500 |
|
1946-47 |
1,233 |
|
1949-50 |
8,308 |
|
1950-51 |
22,960 |
|
1951-52 |
18,191 |
|
1952-53 |
3,032 |
|
1953-54 |
14,252 |
|
1954-55 |
951 |
|
1955-56 |
25,000 |
|
1956-57 |
3,988 |
|
1958-59 |
3,600 |
|
1962-63 |
397 |
|
TOTAL |
107,804 |
Cork Regional Hospital (Proposed)
|
£ |
|
|
1938-39 |
8,450 |
|
1939-40 |
55 |
|
1940-41 |
3,785 |
|
1941-42 |
1,000 |
|
1951-52 |
2,500 |
|
1952-53 |
8,200 |
|
1953-54 |
8,000 |
|
1955-56 |
2,000 |
|
1956-57 |
14,400 |
|
1957-58 |
8,000 |
|
1958-59 |
4,410 |
|
1960-61 |
7,474 |
|
1961-62 |
20,600 |
|
TOTAL |
88,874 |
County Hospital, Mallow
|
£ |
|
|
1936-37 |
3,000 |
|
1937-38 |
11,300 |
|
1938-39 |
4,300 |
|
1939-40 |
2,400 |
|
1940-41 |
3,300 |
|
1945-46 |
498 |
|
1948-49 |
5,000 |
|
1949-50 |
27,928 |
|
1950-51 |
3,050 |
|
1951-52 |
12,691 |
|
1952-53 |
670 |
|
1953-54 |
1,970 |
|
1954-55 |
240 |
|
1956-57 |
1,147 |
|
1957-58 |
55 |
|
TOTAL |
77,549* |
* (including £52,751 in respect of works for adapting the institution for temporary use as a sanatorium).
Our Lady's Hospital, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1938-39 |
768 |
|
1939-40 |
2,318 |
|
1940-41 |
2,130 |
|
1941-42 |
8,617 |
|
1942-43 |
2,368 |
|
1943-44 |
4,402 |
|
1959-60 |
5,000 |
|
1960-61 |
10,000 |
|
1961-62 |
25,000 |
|
1962-63 |
9,103 |
|
TOTAL |
69,706 |
Heatherside Hospital
|
£ |
|
|
1936-37 |
2,831 |
|
1937-38 |
3,234 |
|
1938-39 |
4,949 |
|
1939-40 |
1,576 |
|
1940-41 |
1,167 |
|
1941-42 |
225 |
|
1947-48 |
2,265 |
|
1948-49 |
437 |
|
1949-50 |
10,948 |
|
1950-51 |
8,700 |
|
1951-52 |
10,200 |
|
1953-54 |
2,660 |
|
1954-55 |
9,977 |
|
1956-57 |
670 |
|
1958-59 |
661 |
|
TOTAL |
60,500 |
St. Michael's Hospital, Lota Park, Glanmire
|
£ |
|
|
1954-55 |
13,490 |
District Hospitals (including Fever Hospitals attached)
|
£ |
||
|
Millstreet |
6,971 |
(1938/39 to 1940/41; 1951/52 to 1954/55). |
|
Schull |
6,330 |
(1938/39 to 1942). |
|
Youghal |
5,994 |
(1937/38 to 1940/41; 1949/50). |
|
Midleton |
3,012 |
(1936/37 to 1942/43; 1949/50). |
|
Skibbereen |
2,563 |
(1937/38; 1950/51 to 1954/55). |
|
Macroom |
2,298 |
(1950/51 to 1954/55). |
|
Bandon |
2,088 |
(1939/40 to 1941/42; 1945/46). |
|
Others |
2,403 |
(1937/38 to 1938/39; 1959/60). |
|
TOTAL |
31,659 |
SECTION B.
VOLUNTARY INSTITUTIONS.
Cancer Centre, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1950-51 |
1,655 |
|
1951-52 |
4,640 |
|
1956-57 |
5,870 |
|
1957-58 |
10,529 |
|
1958-59 |
2,000 |
|
1959-60 |
8,718 |
|
1960-61 |
243 |
|
TOTAL |
33,655 |
Erinville Hospital, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1941-42 |
559 |
|
1942-43 |
333 |
|
1960-61 |
18,600 |
|
1961-62 |
49,284 |
|
1962-63 |
55,585 |
|
TOTAL |
124,361 |
Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1943-44 |
1,126 |
|
1956-57 |
1,255 |
|
1957-58 |
1,156 |
|
1958-59 |
428 |
|
1959-60 |
305 |
|
1960-61 |
251 |
|
1961-62 |
2,265 |
|
1962-63 |
13,166 |
|
TOTAL |
19,952 |
General Hospital, Cobh
|
£ |
|
|
1939-40 |
762 |
|
1940-41 |
212 |
|
1941-42 |
15,025 |
|
1942-43 |
4,026 |
|
1943-44 |
932 |
|
1944-45 |
258 |
|
1952-53 |
376 |
|
TOTAL |
21,591 |
Mercy Hospital, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1939-40 |
769 |
|
1941-42 |
2,328 |
|
1942-43 |
1,225 |
|
1943-44 |
8,923 |
|
1953-54 |
3,928 |
|
1955-56 |
22,830 |
|
1956-57 |
42,330 |
|
1957-58 |
36,840 |
|
1962-63 |
2,000 |
|
TOTAL |
121,173 |
North Charitable Infirmary, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1941-42 |
2,162 |
|
1942-43 |
1,753 |
|
1960-61 |
4,755 |
|
1961-62 |
1,854 |
|
TOTAL |
10,524 |
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Lota, Glanmire, County Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1941-42 |
2,500 |
|
1952-53 |
44,866 |
|
1953-54 |
100,123 |
|
1954-55 |
53,347 |
|
1955-56 |
35,664 |
|
TOTAL |
236,500 |
Sacred Heart Home, Bessboro, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1950-51 |
1,750 |
|
1951-52 |
250 |
|
1952-53 |
880 |
|
1953-54 |
2,120 |
|
TOTAL |
5,000 |
South Charitable Infirmary, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1941-42 |
1,143 |
|
1942-43 |
376 |
|
1943-44 |
920 |
|
TOTAL |
2,439 |
St. Joseph's Sanatorium, Mount Desert, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1950-51 |
2,336 |
|
1951-52 |
11,654 |
|
1952-53 |
22,016 |
|
1953-54 |
26,270 |
|
1954-55 |
4,830 |
|
1955-56 |
590 |
|
1956-57 |
4,805 |
|
1957-58 |
2,845 |
|
TOTAL |
75,346 |
St. Patrick's Hospital for Incurables, Cork
|
£ |
|
|
1941-42 |
1,436 |
|
1942-43 |
678 |
|
1950-51 |
11,800 |
|
1951-52 |
4,800 |
|
1952-53 |
400 |
|
1953-54 |
400 |
|
1956-57 |
3,690 |
|
1958-59 |
2,803 |
|
TOTAL |
26,007 |
COST of certain major hospital projects carried out during the period 1936 to 1962 inclusive.
|
Name of Institution |
Nature of scheme |
Approximate Total cost |
|
£ |
||
|
SECTION A—HEALTH AUTHORITY INSTITUTIONS. |
||
|
County Hospital, Bantry |
Reconstruction and extension of former Central Hospital. New hospital provides 80 beds. |
295,500 |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, Cork |
Provision of new 60-bed Admission and Treatment Unit. |
130,000 |
|
St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hos- pital, Gurranebraher, Cork. |
New Regional Orthopaedic Hospital |
710,000 |
|
St. Stephen's Hospital, Glan- mire, County Cork. |
New Regional Sanatorium. |
1,696,000 |
|
County Hospital, Mallow |
This hospital was completed pre-war but was not occupied. It was taken over by the Defence Forces during the Emergency and in the post-war years was used as a Sanatorium. In 1957 it was released from the tuberculosis service and redecorated and re-equipped for use as a County Hospital. |
107,000 |
|
SECTION B—VOLUNTARY INSTITUTIONS. |
||
|
Erinville Hospital, Cork |
New 54-bed maternity hospital and adaptation of existing hospital for administration and staff quarters [at present in progress]. |
200,000 |
|
Mercy Hospital, Cork |
Extension providing staff accommoda- tion, improved out-patient department and improvements to sanitary facilities. |
123,000 |
|
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Lota, Glanmire, Co. Cork. |
New 180-bed extension and reconstruc- tion of existing buildings to provide accommodation for patients, staff quarters, administration, etc. |
288,000 |