Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent)
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639. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of public maternity hospitals; the capital funding that was allocated to these since 1990 to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14896/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Currently there are 19 public maternity maternity hospitals located at:

-Dublin North East - the Rotunda; OLOL Drogheda; Cavan General Hospital;

-Dublin Midlands - Coombe Women's and Infants' Hospital; Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise;

-Ireland East - National Maternity Hospital Holles Street; Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar; St Luke's Hospital Kilkenny; Wexford General Hospital;

-South / South West - Cork University Maternity Hospital; Kerry General Hospital; Waterford University Hospital; South Tipperary General Hospital;

-Mid-West - University Maternity Hospital Limerick;

-Saolta Hospital Group - Galway University Hospital; Portiuncula Hospital; Mayo General Hospital, Sligo General Hospital; Letterkenny General Hospital.

Records of the capital grants paid to all hospitals including maternity hospitals prior to 01/07/1994 are paper based and the files are archived. The following limited electronic data is available for the Coombe, Rotunda and National Maternity Hospitals for the period 01 July 1994 to 29 February 2000.

From the establishment of the Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA) in March 2000, block capital grants for all hospitals including maternity hospitals were paid to the ERHA for distribution as authorised to the hospitals in its area. Prior to the establishment of the HSE, a similar regime applied to the other maternity hospitals; capital grants were paid to the Health Boards for distribution as authorised to the hospitals in their areas.

Other than the information above, the detailed data requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. As it would require considerable staff resources to extract the required data from the relevant archived files, it is not proposed to do this extensive search.

The Deputy's question has been referred to the HSE in relation to capital grants made to maternity hospitals since its establishment in January 2005.

Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent)
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640. To ask the Minister for Health if all the recommendations outlined in a report (details supplied) have been implemented in all maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14897/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly. If he has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.