Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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184. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41089/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, 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 the Sacred Heart Hospital, Castlebar. Under this Programme, a new build 74 bed community nursing home is being delivered to replace existing beds where the physical environment requires substantial improvement.

The HSE does not envisage any difficulty with achieving completion of works by the end of 2017 and it expects that the building will be ready for the existing level of service to move in Q1 2018.