Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion
Seán Kyne (Fine Gael)
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-----capital investment project in Galway and the HSE is on record as saying that significant investment is required in University Hospital Galway. That is not just for University Hospital Galway but for the region, including the accident and emergency department, paediatrics and maternity, new laboratories, which are over 50 years old, additional beds, the cancer centre, the surgical hub and beds that are required in Merlin Park University Hospital. Significant investment is required over the coming years. Unfortunately we have been on the back foot and as Mr. Gloster said, there has been too long a debate on Merlin Park University Hospital versus University Hospital Galway. Are the progress to design teams and so on all out of the capital budget or are those-----