Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Committee on Public Petitions
Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive
Ms Kate Killeen White:
Yes, it did pose a challenge but adaptations had to be made to the primary care centre to overcome this challenge. Those adaptations were made. The experts' opinion in this regard lies within our technical and estates department. We use their opinion on an ongoing basis. Regarding St. Brigid's, this, in a nutshell, presented as a problem for us because the existing build was not conducive to the adaptations required to deliver the kind of services we would like. We were aware an extension was required and in 2018 attempts were made to determine the possibility of acquiring land in the area to develop this extension. Unfortunately, that too was a challenge for us that we were not able to overcome. I ask my colleague, Mr. Ruane, to add anything to this information, if he so wishes.
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