Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is excellent. Well done to everybody involved in that great progress. Getting back to more local issues, the feedback on the temporary emergency department in Galway is that it is a huge improvement on what was there. One issue is that the old emergency department is being used. It has ten beds, which assisted over the last winter. Will they be available for the coming winter? The plan is to demolish and clear the site and have it available for a planning application for a permanent emergency department and maternity and paediatric services. Does the Minister anticipate that those beds will be available this winter or will they be located elsewhere?

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