Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 1 June 2010, if and when she gave the go ahead for a dementia specific daycare centre to be constructed on the grounds of St. Joseph's Hospital campus in Ennis, County Clare; if this decision was taken before the review of the Clarecastle daycare dementia specific file was completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28418/10]

Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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As is the case with any individual unit, the proposed dementia unit at St Joseph's, Ennis can only be progressed in the context of the overall approval of the Health Service Executive Capital Plan 2010, which is at an advanced stage. Details of individual developments included in the Plan will be published by the HSE, following its approval.

I met with a deputation from Clarecastle, together with local Oireachtas members last February. Following this meeting, I considered the various issues raised concerning the Clarecastle proposal and updated local representatives at a reconvened meeting earlier this month.