Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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288. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 356 of 20 October 2015 and 135 of 5 November 2015 and given his statement that St. Bricin's military hospital will continue to offer medical services to members of the Defence Forces for the foreseeable future, if he will encourage the military authorities to investigate and identify medical services in the hospital which could be integrated or shared with local hospitals and hospital groups; if he is prepared to operate St. Bricin's as a joint Department of Defence, Department of Health and Health Service Executive facility, now or in the future, if funding became available to assist with infrastructure works, similar to the United Kingdom armed forces, who operate military wards integrated into National Health Service trusts; his plans to allow the Health Service Executive to invest in and utilise the defunct wards in St. Bricin's to assist in alleviating the national accident and emergency crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41259/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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St Bricin’s military medical facility currently provides General Practitioner and limited out-patient services for Defence Forces Personnel. As I have previously advised, it is not a hospital and there are no plans to upgrade its status or to have it operate as a Health Service Executive facility.