Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 February 2015
497. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when the building of a primary health care centre will commence, consisting of the health centre, the Mother McCauley centre and the Alzheimer's centre on Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12; and when the primary care unit will commence operation. [8297/15]
View answerCrumlin-Drimnagh was one of 16 locations to be delivered through the PPP project. Unfortunately it was one of two locations which did not complete the planning process within the timeframe for inclusion in the PPP project; the other was Knocklyon/Rathfarnham. There is limited funding available for new construction projects over the next multiannual period 2015-2019 given the level of commitments and the costs to completion already in place. In addition, the HSE cannot exceed or plan to exceed its commitment thresholds. It is essential that all projects, other than those where existing contractual commitments are in place, are assessed on their merits to ensure that the limited capital funding available goes to those developments which address the greatest service need. The HSE is concentrating on applying the limited funding available for infrastructure development in the most effective way possible to meet current and future needs.
