Brian O'Shea
Question:130 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Health when work will commence on the new hospital in Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Dungarvan (Waterford) Hospital Project.
The South-Eastern Health Board accept, and I concur, that the provision of a new 27 bed unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Dungarvan is urgently needed. However, the health board are already receiving a considerable portion, in excess of 30 per cent, of the entire ongoing capital budget for general hospital developments in Waterford (Ardkeen), Wexford and Kilkenny and I cannot say at this stage when funding for the Dungarvan project will be available.