Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion

Mr. Liam Woods:

There are a couple of elements in the answer to that question. One is that we have a design and dignity programme with the Irish Hospice Foundation. It is for end-of-life care, including mortuaries, so it is other facilities for families and the bereaved. That programme has invested in 13 mortuaries over the last period of time, with 41 projects in total. Through our estates function we have also looked at mortuaries nationally, their condition, what the investment programme is, whether there has been investment in mortuaries over time and what we think will be needed. I suggest we get a briefing from the estates function so I can revert to the committee with its view on that, but such work has been undertaken.

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