Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion
1:30 pm
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Deputy for that. I am more than happy to take responsibility, obviously, but in the interest of fairness, when I was appointed, there were approximately 400 beds in UHL. We have added 118. There are 16 more that are going to open this year, 96 more in quarter 2 of next year, another 96 after that - they are under construction - and a further 84. I am more than happy to take responsibility for things but in this case, on my watch, we will have moved UHL from approximately 400 beds, I have not got the number, but it is close to 700 beds.
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