Hospital Beds Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 July 2018

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Questions (463)

Louise O'Reilly

Question:

463. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to set down the estimated cost of providing 500 additional hospital beds. [30201/18]

Written answers

Minister for Health

There is no one capital cost for building additional hospital beds. The capital cost is dependent on the nature of the additional hospital bed (Day Case, In-Patient, Intensive/Critical Care), the clinical speciality and where the additional beds will be provided (for example, to an existing hospital, an extension to an existing hospital or the development of a new hospital).