Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2015
534. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on his recent estimations of the amount of funding that is required to fix our failing healthcare systems, including funding for acute hospitals, emergency rooms, community care, nursing home care, residential care for those with disabilities, and residential detoxification services, per heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28353/15]
View answerHealth care infrastructure projects support service delivery and are determined by the demands and pressures of the service to be delivered. There will always be more infrastructure projects than can be funded by the Exchequer and future developments must be prioritised for consideration within the context of the overall capital envelope available to the health service. A focused review of priorities and the current and emerging health care pressures and demands has been completed in the context of the review by the Department of Public Expenditure of the State's public capital investment needs for the five year period 2016-2020. The outcome will be set out in that Department's Medium Term Capital Investment Framework Report and will outline the capital envelope decided upon by the Government for the period to 2020 identifying priority areas for investment, including health care investment. The report will be published when the Government has considered and made its decisions on future capital investment. Therefore it would not be timely to comment on the process at this stage.
