Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the continuing delays in getting the long-promised extension to Bandon Community Hospital under way, she will confirm that the brief for the extension was received by her Department in September 2004; and the action which has been taken within her Department on the brief for the extension since then. [1785/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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A final draft brief for the extension of Bandon Community Hospital was received in this Department in September 2004. The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. This includes responsibility, since the establishment of the executive on 1 January 2005, for prioritising new capital proposals in line with overall funding resources available. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued direct to the Deputy.