Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)

This project, which cost €5 million, consists of two 25-bed inpatient wards, male and female, with each ward providing a range of multi-bed and single rooms.

The ward project builds on the investment of €1.2 million on new equipment, an upgrade of the pharmacy and on general facility upgrades for the hospital.

The HSE has advised the Department that the role of Monaghan General Hospital in the future will be to provide a range of diagnostic, outpatient, day cases and some inpatient treatment services within clinical networks. Significant developments have taken place in the provision of surgical services across the Cavan-Monaghan hospital interface.

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