Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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37. To ask the Minister for Health the status of present funding for Port Laoise Hospital in County Laois; the status the hospital is now given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14714/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Acute hospital funding is determined and set out in the HSE Annual Service Plan within the context of total funding provided to the HSE. The approved allocation for Portlaoise Hospital for 2015 is €49.75 million. Individual hospital funding is not framed or specifically determined by categorisation or designation but rather is based on the range and complexity of services provided by each hospital and by their level of activity.

Portlaoise hospital is part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. Work is underway to strengthen services in Portlaoise Hospital from a patient safety and quality perspective as part of a structured integration of the hospital into the Group in 2015.