Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2005
202 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 886 of 29 September 2004, the funding which has been made available by her Department under the National Development Plan to progress the €20 million upgrading of Ennis General Hospital for 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7761/05]
View answerThe Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for facilities at the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Ennis. An outline development control plan for the hospital has been prepared and was endorsed by the mid western health board in December 2004. The question of progressing the proposed development is a matter for the Health Service Executive in the context of the Capital Investment Framework 2005-09.
