Vol. 431 No. 8
136 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when he expects the Naas Hospital Review Group to report; the group's terms of reference; if he will give an assurance that the review will not entail any curtailment of the original proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
As the Deputy is aware, the first phase of the development of Naas Hospital has been completed and commissioned. The Naas Hospital Review Group, which is comprised of officials of the Eastern Health Board and officials of the Department of Health, is due to hold its first meeting shortly. The review group's terms of reference are to examine the remaining stages of the development plan for Naas Hospital taking account of overall acute hospital requirements of the area and recent developments in the delivery of hospital services. At this stage I am not in a position to indicate when the group is likely to report.
