Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
No, the capital position coming into next year is as strong as this year. The Minister will make his own announcements on that and it will be even slightly better.
Like UHL, and as I said when I was here last, there was a 96-bed block committed to and to shorten the timeframe on any future bed capacity, we got agreement to build the foundation and first-floor shell for a second 96-bed block. All of that is going through the mix with the planners at the moment but the first 96-bed block is shooting up and I still expect that to come on profile in early 2025. Other capital projects that are planned throughout the system are continuing. I do not see an immediate impact next year in that context because by the time they come on, we will obviously be into another budgetary year and we are hopeful things will improve.
No comments