Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the business case submitted to the Health Service Executive for the national intestinal failure centre to be based at St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29765/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Any proposals for the funding for the centre for intestinal failure in St. James's needs to be considered as part of the Hospital Group’s overall priorities for services across the Group in the first instance. It will also need to be considered by the HSE for consideration as part of the overall 2018 estimates process, with regard to competing priorities for resources available in 2018.

My Officials have met with the Group proposing this centre and advised they should engage with the HSE on preparing a business case for their proposal.