Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The review is expected to be completed in the coming weeks and we will then look at it. Services are still being provided in St. Patrick's Hospital Cashel. An assessment and rehabilitation unit and a day hospital for older persons services continue to operate. It is planned to include new interim enhanced community care in St. Patrick's Hospital, which will be a welcome addition to the provision of healthcare in Cashel.

The intention of the HSE is that a new community nursing unit will be built in Cashel, like the one currently being built in Clonmel which comprises 50 en-suite bedrooms. The unit in Cashel will comprise 60 en-suite bedrooms. All current residents of Our Lady's campus will transfer to the new unit when it is completed.

A final decision has not been formally made and site options are still being appraised to identify an optimum service solution for service provision. However, the building of a new community nursing unit in Cashel is a service priority for capital plans. As I said, it is in the capital plan and funding will be provided. It will be a focus throughout 2023. There is no suggestion that there will not be a community nursing unit built in Cashel.

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