Hospitals Building Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2006

Tuesday, 16 May 2006

Questions (89)

Joan Burton

Question:

141 Ms Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the board of the Health Service Executive has invited expressions of interest from private health companies to develop a private hospital on the site of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the size of the proposed private site; the location of the proposed private hospital within the current hospital grounds; the expected cost of this development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17848/06]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children (Ms Harney)

On foot of a policy direction which I issued to the Health Service Executive (HSE) last summer, the Board will shortly be inviting expressions of interest for the development of private hospital facilities on public hospital sites. As of yet, the HSE has not invited expressions of interest in respect of any of the hospital sites under its control, although it has received a number of unsolicited proposals.