Primary Care Centres Expenditure

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Questions (243)

Patrick Nulty

Question:

243. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the funding set aside in the Health Service Executive capital plan for the provision of primary care centres with a breakdown of the allocation for each of the years covered by the plan; the number of primary care centres to be provided by the plan with details of scheduling, completion timelines, and locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53344/12]

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Minister for Health (Deputy James Reilly)

The Capital Plan 2012-2016 - expenditure for year 2012, has been approved. It contains Exchequer capital provision for the delivery of primary care centres as follows:

Location	Current Project Status	Scheduling and estimated completion timelines
Cork City NW at St Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital	HSE has commenced the procurement of a design team.	The HSE has been requested to provide you with its best estimates.
Finglas	HSE has commenced the procurement of a design team.	The HSE has been requested to provide you with its best estimates.
Grangegorman	HSE has commenced the procurement of a design team.	The HSE has been requested to provide you with its best estimates.
Corduff	HSE has commenced the procurement of a design team.	The HSE has been requested to provide you with its best estimates.
Monaghan Town	HSE has commenced the procurement of a design team.	The HSE has been requested to provide you with its best estimates.
Ballinamore	At tender stage.	The HSE estimates that it will be operational by end Q1 2014.
Manorhamilton	At tender stage.	The HSE estimates that it will be operational by end Q1 2013
Sligo Town at Nazareth House	The primary care centre accommodation will be delivered in phase 2 of the refurbishment of Nazareth House.	The phase 1 refurbishment of Nazareth House will commence in Q4 2012. The HSE estimates that phase 2 will commence in 2013 and will be completed in early 2014.

As project delivery is at such an early stage it is not proposed to provide details of capital indented for the projects for reasons of commercial sensitivity.