Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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405. To ask the Minister for Health if he received a request from the Health Service Executive to increase the number of critical care beds in 2016, the number of additional beds sought, and the full year cost of same [45692/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The wide range of requests from the HSE for additional capacity in 2016 was considered as part of the annual estimates process in preparation for the 2016 Service Plan. This included a request for an increase in critical care capacity across a range of hospitals with an estimated full year cost of €15m.

The 2016 HSE Service Plan, published on 16th December, includes provision of €13m for priority service developments in acute hospitals services for maternity services, paediatric services, organ transplantation and opening of newly commissioned units.