Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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115. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the design phase for the MRI facility at Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [43254/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The provision of an MRI scanner for the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar is part of a project to extend the radiology department. The project is in line with the overall Development Control Plan for the hospital, which is currently being finalised. The design team was appointed earlier this year and is currently finalising the design feasibility. It is hoped that an application for planning permission will be lodged in Q1 2018.

The project is currently funded to design stage only. Further funding for the next phase of development of this project is dependent on the costing and timing of the project, the availability of resources in the context of many other demands across the country, the future capital envelope for the health service and the overall priorities for future service development in the Ireland East Hospital Group.