Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
439. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each of the 90 public nursing homes to be replaced and refurbished; the progress made in 2016 in respect of each in tabular form. [39641/16]
View answerThe Government’s “Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021” which was published on 30 September 2015 included an investment programme in health infrastructure. Based on this, the HSE prepared its Capital Plan and on 26 January 2016 details of the programme of investment in public nursing home facilities were announced.
The programme includes the replacement of 33 existing facilities and refurbishment/extension of 57 others. Operational responsibility for delivering the programme is a matter for the HSE and I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to progress made this year with the programme.
