Paddy McHugh
Ceist:1031 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if the planning brief for the Tuam Health Campus, incorporating the upgrading of the Tuam Hospital, has been received by his Department; if he will allocate resources to enable detailed design work to commence; if, in view of the study already carried out by the Western Health Board, pinpointing Tuam as the desired location for an ambulance base to serve the region, he will make available resources to have this ambulance base put in place on the site of the Tuam Hospital; if he will make funding available to commence the refurbishment and upgrading of the existing hospital pending the finalisation of the overall development plan for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15986/02]