Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2018
128. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his key priorities in the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status of negotiations with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2292/18]
View answerThe Mid Term review of the Capital Plan was published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on 13th September 2017.
Health capital funding was outlined in the recently published Public Service Estimates for 2018 and the HSE is currently developing its Capital Plan for 2018-2021.
The Government is preparing a new National Development Plan for the period 2018-2027, which is expected to be published alongside and in support of the forthcoming new National Planning Framework, to sustain national economic and social progress over the long term. As the Deputy knows, my priority is increasing capacity to improve access and I will shortly bring the capacity report to Government to feed into this process.
