Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The development that is under way at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda is taking place in the context of the national development plan, under which capital funding for our health services will be 165% higher over the next ten years than it was in the last ten years. Such a commitment to capital investment in our health services marks a serious sea change. As I have outlined, the development of a new emergency department at the hospital includes a new paediatric emergency department and an extension to the radiology service. Both of those developments are at a very advanced stage and will become operational early next year.