asked the Minister for Health if he will state in respect of each of the years ended 31st March, 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950 (to date): (1) the value of proposals for new works submitted by the Committee of Management of the Royal National Hospital for Consumption, Newcastle, to the Hospitals Commission, (2) the amount of grants from the Hospitals Trust Fund applied for in respect of these works, (3) the amount of grants recommended by the Hospitals Commission in respect of these proposals, (4) the amount approved by the Minister in each case, (5) the amount of grants sanctioned by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health and/or the Minister for Health, as the case may be, in respect of these works, (6) the date on which tenders were invited for the work covered by each proposal, (7) the date on which the works were actually begun, (8) the date on which they were completed, (9) the amount of the final account for the works, and (10) the grants paid from the Hospitals Trust Fund.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Newcastle Sanatorium.
During the period covered by the question this hospital did not in fact submit any proposals for new works to the Hospitals Commission. I have, however, had a statement prepared indicating the proposals submitted in each of the four years to the Department, and giving the Deputy the information sought by him under the various heads of his question. With your permission, a Chinn Chomhairle, I will circulate this statement for inclusion in the official record.
The following is the statement:—
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The value of proposals for new works submitted by the Committee of Management of the Royal National Hospital for Consumption, Newcastle, to the Hospitals Commission |
The amount of grants from the Hospital Trust Fund applied for in respect of these works |
The amount of grant recommended by the Hospitals Commissions in respect of these proposals |
The amount approved by the Minister in each case |
The amount of grants sactioned by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health and/or the Minister for Health as the case may be in respect of these works |
The date on which tenders were invited for the work covered by each proposal |
The date on which the works were actually begun |
The date on which they were completed |
The amount of the final account for the works |
The grants paid from the Hospitals Trust Fund |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
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£ |
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1947 |
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Replacement of Blocks C and D. |
100,000 |
Total cost |
Nil; reconditioning of Block C recommended instead — no recommendation as to a grant. |
£5,150 for reconditioning Block C. |
£5,150 for reconditioning Block C. |
October, 1947 |
January, 1948 |
July 1949 |
Final account not yet received. |
£4,427 to date. |
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Recreation Rooms |
3,000 |
do. |
Total cost |
£3,000 |
£3,000 |
June, 1947 |
April, 1948 |
November, 1948 |
do. |
£2,884 to date. |
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New Staff HomeLaundry and Boller House. |
86,00031,000 |
do. do. |
Total costNo recommendation. |
£100,000 |
£100,000 |
Tenders not yet invited |
——— |
——— |
——— |
——— |
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Improvements to cooking equipment and food services. |
3,000 |
do. |
Total cost |
£2,779 |
£2,779 |
*March, 1948 |
June, 1948 |
August, 1948 |
Final account not yet received. |
£1,700 to date. |
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New Chapels and minor works |
No estimate |
do. |
No recommendation. |
— |
— |
Works not pro ceeded with. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
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Surgical Unit and improvements to corridors. |
6,300 |
do. |
do. |
£6,300 |
£6,300 |
*April, 1948 |
April, 1948 |
Not yet completed. |
Final account not yet received. |
£3,194 to date. |
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YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1948 |
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Balconies to Blocks A and B—replacement |
2,000 |
Total cost. |
No recommendation |
£2,400 |
£2,400 |
*June, 1948 |
July, 1948 |
October, 1949 |
Final account not yet received. |
£1,022 to date. |
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Painting works |
6,500 |
do. |
do. |
£6,000 |
£6,000 |
*April, 1948 |
May, 1948 |
May, 1949 |
do. |
£6,000 to date. |
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House for Resident Medical Supt. |
8,000 |
do. |
do. |
£6,000 |
£6,000 |
*January, 1949 |
April, 1949 |
December, 1949 |
do. |
£2,700 to date. |
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Temporary accommodation for staff |
No estimate |
do. |
do. |
Nil |
Nil |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
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Adaptation of rooms for male staff quarters; erection of hut for Pharmacy and Laboratory. |
2,830 |
do. |
do. |
Nil |
Nil |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
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YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1949 |
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Acquisition of Mount John as a temporary Staff Home. |
10,000 |
Total cost |
No recommendation. |
£7,500 plus fees |
£7,500 plus fees |
— |
— |
— |
— |
£7,693 to date. |
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Adaptation of Mount John as Staff Home including equipment† |
4,547 |
do. |
do. |
£4,547 |
£4,547 |
*August, 1948 |
September, 1948. |
Internal, Oct., 1948.External, June, 1949. |
Final account not yet received. |
£3,294 to date. |
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Alterations to avenues |
4,600 |
do. |
do. |
£4,600 |
£4,600 |
Tenders not yet invited. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
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YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1950 |
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Acquisition of Trudder Grange as a Staff Home |
12,000 |
Total cost |
No recommendation. |
Nil |
Nil |
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— |
— |
— |
— |
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(A lease for this house as an alternative to purchase was sanctioned.) |
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Equipment of Trudder Grange as Temporary staff accommodation.† |
3,000 |
Total cost |
do. |
£3,000 |
£3,000 |
October, 1949 |
November, 1949. |
December, 1949. |
Final account not yet received. |
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NOTE: For the works marked * formal tenders were not invited. The carrying out of these works (apart from cooking and surgical equipment, for which competitive quotations were obtained), was entrusted to a Contractor, who was working in the Sanatorium on a large contract for the erection of two forty-bed ward blocks, which he had secured in open competition. This course was adopted because of (a) the difficulties of having more than one contractor working in a very restricted sphere; cted sphere; (b) the nature of the different small works, most of which were of a piecemeal character; (c) the probability that tenders, if invited, would not be on a competitive basis because a Contr actor was already proceeding with major works at the Sanatorium.
The building and installation works included in the items marked * were entrusted to the Contractor in question at the rates for the same or compara ble work to which he was bound under his contract for the erection of the two forty-bed ward blocks.
†The equipping of these temporary staff homes at a cost of approximately £6,000 may be regarded as a first instalment toward the cost of the permanent staff home to which the equipment will be transferred in due course.