Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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399. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that have been put in place for the possible removal of South Tipperary General Hospital from the South/South West Hospital Group with a possible movement to the Limerick hospital group as confirmed recently in a HSE press release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41596/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I have no plans to move South Tipperary General Hospital out of the South South West Hospital Group.

As the Deputy may be aware, the report of the cross-party Committee on the Future of Healthcare was published on 1 June last. It made a number of recommendations in relation to Hospital Groups, including consideration of the current alignment of hospital groups and CHOs. I am giving consideration to these recommendations and possible future actions as part of wider consideration of the Sláintecare report. It is expected that a detailed response to the report will be submitted to Government in December. Any changes to the composition of Hospital Groups will be subject to my approval.