Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

610. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of a primary health care centre in Kilcock, County Kildare; the extent to which plans have been agreed; if agreement has been reached as to the full scale and extent of time scale involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40965/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The Health Service Executive, HSE is working with the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, to progress Primary Care Centre Public Private Partnership. The HSE has appointed design teams and technical advisors for the project. The HSE and NDFA have completed an indicative Public Sector Benchmark, PSB, which was presented to the Project Board for consideration of affordability in early September.

The NDFA as a centre of expertise will be responsible for the delivery of the Primary Care PPP programme on behalf of the HSE, including the management of the procurement phase and the provision of financial advice including a Value for Money assessment. It has been reviewing the processes involved in procurement of PPP projects with a view to streamlining the process and delivering projects more quickly. While it is not possible, at this time, to give start and completion dates for any of the individual 20 potential locations, the best estimate is that these primary care centres will be completed by late 2016.