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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 19 Feb 2003

Vol. 561 No. 5

Written Answers. - Hospitals Building Programme.

Pat Breen

Question:

221 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children when he will release the necessary funding to the Mid-Western Health Board for the improvement works that are to be carried out at Ennis General Hospital as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5073/03]

Pat Breen

Question:

225 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children if the necessary funding has been provided as promised to upgrade Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4848/03]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 225 together.

I am committed to developing Ennis General Hospital as part of the acute hospital services in the MWHB region. A briefing document has been prepared by the project team which I established. It sets out the broad scope of the future development of the hospital to be considered in the preparation of a development control plan. The board identified the following areas as priority areas for development on completion of the plan: ward upgrade; accident and emergency; radiology; outpatients; and general infrastructure upgrade.

The board endorsed the briefing document and requested approval to formally appoint the selected design team to prepare the DCP.

At present my Department is reviewing the national development plan for the health sector nationally in light of the outturn position for 2002. This process involves providing for existing capital contractual commitments and commencing, where possible, the planning or construction of new projects nationally in 2003 or beyond. The proposed developments at Ennis will be considered in that context.
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