Michael Ring
Question:490 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be sanctioned for the day care centre in Louisburgh, County Mayo. [13205/02]
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Michael Ring
Question:491 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when day care will be operational at the old convent property in Louisburgh, County Mayo; when the centre will be opened; the facilities which will be available on opening; and the number the centre will cater for. [13206/02]
Michael Ring
Question:492 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if money will be allocated in 2002 for the refurbishment of the old convent property in Louisburgh, County Mayo; if so, the amount which will be allocated; and if the refurbishment will be done on a complete rather than phased basis. [13207/02]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 490 to 492, inclusive, together.
Responsibility for the provision of health services in the Louisburgh area is, in the first instance, a matter for the Western Health Board. The position is that the cost of capital projects in relation to services for older people must be met from the level of indicative national development plan funding notified to the Western Health Board for the period up to and including 2006. It is a matter for the board to decide on the order of priority of individual projects.
In a written communication to my Department earlier this month, the Western Health Board stated that it was its intention to submit a formal proposal to my Department to enable the full refurbishment of the building to take place, that such submission was currently being prepared and would be forwarded for consideration in the very near future. I will give full consideration to this proposal when it is received.