Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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191. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and investment that is being allocated for the completion of a new community hospital and day centre in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; the projected completion date of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3246/17]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Capital Programme announced in January 2016 provides for the replacement and refurbishment of 90 public nursing homes across the country over the next five years including St Patrick's Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon. Under this Programme it is proposed to deliver a new build 100 bed community nursing home by 2021. This will replace existing beds where the physical environment requires significant improvement.

Significant work has been undertaken by the HSE in determining the most appropriate scheduling of projects over the 5 year period from 2016 to 2021, within the phased provision of funding, to achieve compliance and registration with HIQA. All healthcare infrastructure developments, including this development, must comply with DPER guidelines and EU directives and will require a lead-in time to complete the various stages. These stages include appraisal, project brief, design feasibility, detailed design, some of which may overlap, the review of costing estimates and finalisation of financing.

In the meantime, phased interim works are underway at St Patrick's Hospital. Works on the Sheemore ward were completed before Christmas. Works on the McGarry ward are in progress and are currently projected to be completed late Q1 2017. The Rivermeade ward works will follow. Currently, these are projected to be completed in Q2 2017.