Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 614 of 15 November 2016 and 536 of 29 November 2016, if the capital programme for nursing home facilities 2016 to 2021 is an issue of responsibility for the Government and him rather than a service matter for the HSE; if that is the case, if the funding for a new community hospital in Letterkenny is to provide additional bed capacity or to replace existing bed capacity in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38577/16]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Government’s “Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021” which was published on 30 September 2015 included an investment programme in health infrastructure. Based on this, the HSE prepared its Capital Plan and on 26 January 2016 details of the programme of investment in public nursing home facilities were announced.

The programme includes the replacement of 33 existing facilities and refurbishment/extension of 57 others. This programme of investment will deliver 215 additional beds in centres being built or refurbished in locations identified as having particular capacity issues. Under the Programme it is proposed to deliver a 130 bed replacement CNU at Letterkenny by end 2021 through a PPP or alternative funding mechanism. Operational responsibility for delivering the programme is a matter for the HSE.