Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 April 2017
236. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the amount provided under the capital plan for invest in replacement, upgrade and refurbishment of long-term care facilities for the old and disabled; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18780/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the State's capital programme Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021 which was announced in late 2015, additional funding was allocated for the replacement and refurbishment of community nursing homes and long term residential care facilities for Persons with a Disability. Building on Recovery allocated an additional €237m for community nursing homes and an additional €100m for long term residential care facilities for Persons with a Disability, over and above the funding already included in the Capital Plan for these programmes. Over the next five years, this will provide for the replacement and refurbishment of 90 public nursing homes across the country and some facilities for long term residential care facilities for Persons with a Disability. In addition, Building on Recovery also provided for a health public private partnership (PPP) project in the amount of €150m. Following analysis, the currently most appropriate project for this PPP project is a bundle of community nursing homes.
Significant work has been undertaken by the HSE in determining the most appropriate scheduling of projects over the 5 year period from 2016 to 2021, within the phased provision of funding, to achieve compliance and registration with HIQA. All healthcare infrastructure developments, including this development, must comply with DPER guidelines and EU directives and will require a lead-in time to complete the various stages. These stages include appraisal, project brief, design feasibility, detailed design, some of which may overlap, the review of costing estimates and finalisation of financing.
As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of health care projects, the Executive has been requested to reply to you in relation to expenditure to date on these programmes.
