Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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1122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours that went into producing the report in the HSE, entitled Development of an Action Plan For a New Model of Clinical Service Delivery in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, which was submitted to his Department on 5 December 2016 and was revised and submitted on 8 December 2017; the number of hours spent by the HSE staff in drawing up this action plan; the number of hours spent by his Department's officials in reviewing and discussing the matter; the number of hours spent by others outside of the HSE and his Department who contributed to this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2077/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Dublin Midlands Hospital Group has been working for some time on a draft plan for a new model of clinical service delivery at Portlaoise Hospital. A draft plan was submitted to my Department in December 2016. This draft report was reviewed in detail and was the subject of detailed engagement between Department officials and the HSE over the course of a number of months. Significant additional work was also undertaken by the HSE on foot of this engagement resulting in a revised draft plan that was submitted to my Department in September 2017.

It remains the case, as outlined at my meeting with you and the other Laois Oireachtas members in December 2017, that no decision has been made yet on the draft Action Plan for Portlaoise Hospital.

I have asked my Department to conduct a consultation process in this regard early this year involving local clinicians and the community.