Hospital Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2016

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Questions (587)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

587. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the proposed changes to the services provided at Tallaght children’s hospital due to occur as part of the development of the children’s hospital at St. James’s in Dublin; if the children’s hospital at St. James’s will become counties Wicklow, Meath and Kildare's only accident and emergency facility for children; the proposed date for transfer of those services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37502/16]

Written answers

Minister for Health

The urgent care centres to be developed on the campuses of Tallaght Hospital and Connolly Hospital are an integral part of the new children's hospital. The children's hospital to be located on the campus of St James's will provide tertiary or more complex care for children from all over the country, and secondary or less complex care for children from the Greater Dublin Area, while the two satellite centres will improve access to urgent care and outpatient services, including rapid access general paediatric clinics and GP access to diagnostics for children locally. As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.