Bernard J. Durkan
Question:238 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the Maynooth Care Hospital is fully operational in terms of full bed occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21767/03]
Written Answers. - Hospital Accommodation.
As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for the provision of health services in the Kildare area rests with the South-Western Area Health Board acting under the aegis of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has been informed by the area health board that 40 patients are accommodated in the community unit in Maynooth, which opened in 2002. The board also advises that it is planned that the remaining five beds will be brought into use in 2004.