Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare under the National Development Plan 2000-2006 enabled the completion and commissioning last year of several new facilities in both the Acute Hospitals and the Primary, Community and Continuing Care sectors.

The HSE Capital Plan 2006 contained a wide range of capital projects. A significant proportion of the Executive's capital programme is composed of projects that are multi-annual in nature and were intended to be commenced or progressed through various stages of procurement in 2006.

The provisional outturn for 2006 shows that the total capital spending by the HSE in 2006 amounted to just over €450 million.

The medium to major capital projects completed to construction stage or commissioned during 2006 included:

Acute Hospitals

Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore

Cork University Hospital — Maternity Unit; Infrastructure Upgrade

Cork University Hospital — A&E & DPU

University College Hospital GalwayPhase 2

St. Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park — Phase I

St. James's Hospital — A & E Extension

St James's Hospital — Phase 1H

Mater / National Paediatric Hospital — Enabling and decanting works

Limerick Maternity Hospital — Extension

Sligo General Hospital — Renal Unit

South Tipperary Hospital Development

Wexford General Hospital — Ward Extension & Refurbishment

Primary, Community and Continuing Care

Ballymun Primary Health Care Facility

St. John's Community Hospital, Wexford — Phase 1

FOLD Accommodation for the Elderly, Claremont

Manorhamilton Regional Offices

Enniscrone Primary Health Care Facility

Carrigart Primary Health Care Centre

Cresslough Primary Health Care Centre

Meath Hospital (Older Persons Unit)

Cork University Hospital — Orthodontic Unit

Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles (Older People)

Thurles Community Hospital