Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her plans to co-locate private for profit hospitals on the sites of public hospitals; the number of locations involved in the process; the stage which the tendering process has reached in each case; the contracts which have been signed and the companies to whom contracts have been awarded; the cost of the process to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27662/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Board of the Health Service Executive approved preferred bidders for the following six co-located hospital sites at its July meeting: Waterford Regional Hospital; Cork University Hospital; Limerick Regional Hospital; Sligo General Hospital; Beaumont Hospital; St. James's Hospital.

Since then the hospitals and the preferred bidders have been working towards finalising the Project Agreements for these sites. It is expected that the Project Agreements for the sites will be concluded in the near future.

Connolly Hospital and Tallaght Hospital, which are also participating in the co-location initiative, are at an earlier stage of the procurement process. A tender in relation to the former is under consideration. It is expected that the invitation to tender (ITT) for Tallaght Hospital will issue in the near future. Within 5 working days of the execution of a Project Agreement, the preferred bidder is required to pay the HSE a sum of €350,000. The HSE advises that this should be sufficient to meet the costs incurred by it in undertaking the procurement process.