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Thursday, 22 October 2015

Department of Health

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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295. To ask the Minister for Health when the next development phase of Naas General Hospital in County Kildare will commence; the extent to which work is ongoing in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37115/15]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The current project underway at Naas General Hospital will deliver accommodation and ancillary services to support the endoscopy services department, physical medicine, physical therapy, oncology services and day procedures departments.

The HSE has recently completed a review of this project. In this regard the strategic upgrade now made to the specification which the project's design and tender documents will reflect are - a duplex (rather than simplex) reverse osmosis filtration system and two lifts. All stages of capital projects, including the design and tendering processes, are subject to review to ensure that the projects deliver value for money. This includes, where possible, 'future proofing'to ensure that capital developments meet not just current standards but that provision is made for additional capacity and/or improved equipping and that these are addressed appropriately. Currently, HSE Estates is in consultation with the hospital's clinical leads to ensure that the project's specification and building tender documents are fully defined as soon as is possible. In addition work is underway on the Capital Plan for the next multi-annual period 2016-2021 which will take account of the recently announced increased funding which becomes available in the later years of the period. This Plan requires my approval with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

The next developments phase at Naas General Hospital must be considered within the overall acute hospital sector infrastructure programme, within the overall capital envelope available to the health service and in the context of the establishment of hospital groups.

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