The latest information from the Health Service Executive (5 February 2010) indicates that there are Medical Assessment Units at the following locations:
Dublin North Hospitals Group
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin North East
Our Lady's Hospital, Navan
Cavan General Hospital
West/North West
University Hospital, Galway
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar
Letterkenny General Hospital
Roscommon County Hospital
Sligo General Hospital
South East Hospitals Group
Waterford Regional Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital Kilkenny
South Tipperary General Hospital
Wexford General Hospital has a medical admissions unit
Mid Western Hospitals Group
Mid Western Regional Hospitals at Dooradoyle
Ennis
Nenagh
St. John's Hospital Limerick
Dublin Midlands Hospital Group
AMNCH Tallaght Hospital (39 bed short acute care unit)
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar
Dublin South Hospitals Group
St. James' Hospital
Southern Hospitals Group
Kerry General Hospital
Bantry General Hospital
Operational decisions in relation to the auditing such Units are matters of service for the HSE and have been referred to the HSE for direct reply. I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to an intensification of industrial action in the public service by members of IMPACT, the HSE may not be in a position to provide a response to this Parliamentary Question within the normal timeframe.