Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 October 2014
390. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health in view of the recent decision to apply for planning permission for a new endoscopy day services department and physical medicine and oncology departments at Naas General Hospital, when phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, including the provision of two additional 31 bed wards and a new catering department, will commence construction. [38258/14]
View answerAs with all capital projects the acute sector infrastructure programme must be considered within the overall capital envelope available to the health service. There will always be more projects than can be funded by the Exchequer. There is limited funding available for new projects over the next multi-annual period 2015-2019 given the level of commitments and the costs to completion already in place. The HSE is concentrating on applying the limited funding available for capital works in the most effective way possible to meet needs now and in the future.
