Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2017
535. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if the five new operating theatres and emergency departments will be fully equipped and commissioned to function as per planning permission when the phase two building at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is complete in November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11519/17]
View answerThe project underway at OLOL is a phased project. The full fit out of two ward floors which will provide 58 beds and the Clinical Decision Unit will be completed by November 2017.
Any future investment must be considered within the overall acute hospital infrastructure programme, the prioritised needs of the Hospital Groups and within the overall capital envelope available to the health service.
My Department is working with the HSE and the Department of Pubic Expenditure and Reform to conduct a mid-term review of the capital programme. The HSE will continue to apply the available funding for infrastructure development in the most effective way possible to meet current and future needs, having regard to the level of commitments and the costs to completion already in place.
