Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Questions (1821)

Catherine Connolly

Question:

1821. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 13 May 2021, the status of the site identification exercise in Galway currently being undertaken as part of the preliminary business case process for the development of elective hospitals; the number of site submissions received to-date by the Elective Hospitals Oversight Group in respect of Galway; the timeline for the evaluation process; the timeline for when a site option will be formally approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35562/21]

Written answers

Minister for Health

A call for submissions of suitable sites for elective hospital facilities was published on 12 May with a closing date for submissions of 4 June. The purpose of the call was to identify and assess suitable sites in private or public ownership in each of the three locations with a view to the Preliminary Business Case recommending a single preferred site option in each of the three locations. The process is coming to a conclusion and the Preliminary Business Case is nearing completion. Once finalised, the PBC will be submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for review and thereafter will be submitted to Government for its consideration. The deliberative process is ongoing but details of compliant sites submitted for assessment will be published as part of the Preliminary Business Case.