Emergency Departments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Questions (2378)

Catherine Connolly

Question:

2378. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 1 April 2021, when the temporary emergency department in Galway University Hospital will be fully fitted out and operational; the details of the handover plan regarding the internal replanned area of the temporary emergency department; if fitting out will be done before or after the handover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28720/21]

Written answers

Minister for Health

Saolta Hospital Group advises that the handover of the Temporary Emergency Department (Phase 1) in Galway University Hospital is scheduled for end April 2022.

The handover of the internal replanned area (Phase 2) is scheduled end July 2022.

The contractor will complete some fitting out works as part of Phases 1 and 2. Further fitting out work will follow the completion of these works.