Vol. 564 No. 2
184 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children the allocation of funds for capital works on phase 2B of Mullingar General Hospital for 2003; and the works which are expected to be carried out with these moneys. [9107/03]
Approval to the appointment of a design team for the preparation of a development control plan, DCP, for the whole hospital development was granted in August 2001.
As the approval increased the scope of the phase 2B project to include indicative accommodation proposed in the design brief, for construction in phases subsequent to 2B, the board's project team was requested to immediately review the design brief to reflect procurement of all phases under a single building contract.
The revised design brief was recently approved by my Department which will allow completion of the DCP for the project. Funding of €600,000 approximately has been allocated for the preparation of the DCP which the Midland Health Board has advised is programmed for completion in June 2003.
