Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Helen McDaid:

Those units are going through the public-private partnership building programme. I have been informed that it is anticipated the Clonmel site, which is the 50-bed unit, should be finished at the end of this year, while the Thomastown unit will be finished in the middle of next year. When this building work is complete, another process must be engaged with to get out the information and ensure we are meeting infection prevention and control requirements, etc., and then comes the uplift of the staff. We continue to be on track with that.