Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 January 2008
451 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the newly built emergency department of the Mercy University Hospital has been lying idle since March 2007; the planned opening date; if she will make provision for the 25 extra staff which hospital management have projected will be necessary for the new unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2239/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraOperational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
