Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 October 2018
379. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the status of primary care centre projects (details supplied) announced on 22 April 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41910/18]
View answerWe now have 124 primary care centres operational throughout the country. Sixteen have opened to date in 2018 and a further three are scheduled to become operational by the end of this year. The centres are being delivered by the HSE using three mechanisms - through direct build, through operational leases and through Public Private Partnership. The end of 2018 will successfully see the completion of the 14 PPP projects referred to in your question. This PPP bundle project was one of the first in Ireland to receive European Fund for Strategic Investments support and the first such project in Europe in the primary healthcare sector. 13 of the centres are already operational and the remaining one at Summerhill is due to open by the end of this year.
