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Hospitals Building Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2004

Wednesday, 29 September 2004

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Pat Breen

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886 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children when he expects the outline development control plan to be approved by his Department; if funding for the €20 million upgrading of Ennis General Hospital will be provided in the 2005 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22175/04]

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Work on the preparation of an outline development control plan, ODCP, for Ennis General Hospital has commenced and is now well underway. This work is being directed by a project team, which includes representatives of my Department, the Mid-Western Health Board, and the hospital. The design team has proposed alternative design options for consideration by the project team. These are now being examined and considered in the normal way. I understand that design work on the outline development control plan is nearing completion.

The proposed priority areas for development include the accident and emergency department, out-patients department, radiology and in-patient ward areas. The ODCP will help to define the scope and content of the first phase of redevelopment for Ennis General Hospital and to confirm final decisions in relation to the sequence of construction work in due course. Funding will be made available by my Department, under the national development plan, to progress this project in 2005.

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