Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive approved palliative care centre at a hospice (details supplied) in County Limerick has been completed, but that no funds have been provided to commission the unit; if, in view of the fact that the unit emanated from a 2004 Mid-Western Health Board population needs assessment, she will arrange for the revenue funding to be provided to commission the centre from January 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46123/08]

Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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The commissioning of new capital units, including that referred to by the Deputy in County Limerick, is a matter for the Health Service Executive in the context of its overall priorities for Palliative Care and in line with agreed capital and revenue resources. Accordingly, as this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.