Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to build a new 50 bed unit at St Patrick's geriatric care hospital in Waterford; the stage such plans are at; if funding is available; the timeframe the Health Service Executive is working to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5250/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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In drawing up its capital programme, the Health Service Executive is required to prioritise the capital infrastructure projects to be progressed within its overall capital funding allocation under the National Development Plan, taking account of the NDP targets for division of capital investment between the Acute and Primary, Community and Continuing Care programmes.

The Executive is finalising its capital proposals and consultation is ongoing between the HSE and my Department. Details on individual projects will not be known until such time as the capital plan for 2009 is approved.