Primary Care Centre Provision

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Questions (371)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

371. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48896/14]

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Minister of State at the Department of Health

The development of primary care is central to the Government's objective to deliver a high quality, integrated and cost effective health care system. Supporting infrastructure, procured through a combination of public and private investment, will facilitate the delivery of multi-disciplinary primary health care. Considerable progress has been made in progressing the primary care centre PPP project. Tender documentation has been issued to the pre-selected bidders and tenders are due to be returned by February 2015. These PPP primary care centres are expected to be delivered by early 2017.

As regards the remaining locations, the mechanism and timescale for delivery of primary care infrastructure is dependent on a number of factors. Regardless of the delivery mechanism, all potential primary care infrastructure is subject to suitable locations being offered / provided / available, to successful planning processes and GP commitment to sharing accommodation and delivering health care services with HSE staff. In addition the operational lease mechanism is subject to market pressures such as the developers' access to sufficient financing. Delivery of primary care infrastructure is a dynamic process, constantly evolving to take account of changing circumstances including the feasibility of implementation.

The following spreadsheet provides some information on 19 locations. Your question has been referred to the HSE to provide a status update on the remaining locations. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up on the matter.

Primary Care Centre locations announced in July 2012

Count	HSE Region	County	Location	Status
1	DML	Kildare	Kilcock	PPP
2	DML	Dublin	Crumlin / Drimnagh	within planning process
3	DML	Dublin	Knocklyon / Rathfarnham	within planning process
4	DML	Dublin	Rowlagh / north Clondalkin	Direct/own-build
5	DNE	Dublin	Coolock / Darndale	PPP
6	DNE	Dublin	Summerhill, north inner city Dublin	PPP
7	DNE	Meath	Kells	Operational lease
8	South	Carlow	Tullow / Rathvilly / Hacketstown	Direct/own-build
9	South	Wexford	Wexford Town	PPP
10	South	Waterford	Dungarvan	PPP
11	South	Waterford	Waterford City	PPP
12	South	Tipperary	Carrick-on-Suir	PPP
13	West	Limerick	Limerick City (Ballinacurra / Weston)	PPP
14	West	Galway	Tuam	PPP
15	West	Roscommon	Boyle	PPP
16	West	Mayo	Westport	PPP
17	West	Mayo	Claremorris	PPP
18	West	Sligo	Ballymote	PPP
19	West	Donegal	Dungloe	Direct/own-build