Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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594. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to relocate the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin 1 to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6205/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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In 2015, following a review, I accepted the recommendation of my Department to relocate the Rotunda Hospital to the Connolly Hospital campus. Co-locating maternity hospitals on the sites of acute hospitals is in line with international best practice, and helps ensure that mothers have immediate access to a full range of medical and support services, should the need arise. The relocation project is still in its formative stages. The Rotunda has established a Clinical Vision and Scope Working Group to scope out the design requirements for the new hospital.