Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the promised blood transfusion centre for the Munster area; if the design team has been appointed; if the capital funding is in place; the start date for the project; when the project will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31424/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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In 2004 the Irish Blood Transfusion Service invested more than €3 million in the refurbishment of its Cork centre to ensure compliance with good manufacturing practice standards. As the House was informed last April, there is provision in the Capital Investment Framework 2005 — 2009 for the appointment of a design team and commencement of the planning process for a new Cork centre. This project is the subject of ongoing consultations between the IBTS and my Department.