Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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272. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated by his Department and or by the HSE for a building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19075/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Emergency Department in Cavan has been performing well and is not currently a site of concern.

The RCSI Hospital Group has identified the need for development of the resuscitation area in Cavan Emergency Department. Any future investment in Cavan General Hospital must be considered within the overall acute hospital infrastructure programme, the prioritised needs of the hospital groups and within the overall capital envelope available to the health service.

The HSE will continue to apply the available funding for infrastructure development in the most cost effective way possible to meet current and future needs, having regard to the level of commitments and costs to completion already in place. During 2017 my Department is working with the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to conduct a mid-term review of the capital programme.