Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2017
473. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds planned for the national children's hospital; and the planned number of beds for use by children in the greater Dublin area, other counties and Northern Ireland respectively. [24287/17]
View answer532. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds available in the national children's hospital for children with tertiary or quaternary care and secondary or primary care; and the number of persons by greater Dublin area and all other areas. [24709/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 473 and 532 together.
The planned accommodation for the new children's hospital will include facilities for inpatients, day care patients, outpatients, operating theatres and emergency care. There will be 320 inpatient rooms, all of which will be single en-suite rooms with in-room parent accommodation, 60 Critical Care inpatient rooms incorporating Paediatric Intensive Care/High Dependency, Cardiac Critical Care/High Dependency, and Neonatology Intensive Care/High Dependency, 20 child and adolescent mental health beds (incorporating eating disorders and acute Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service), and 93 day care beds.
In relation to the specific allocation of beds, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
