Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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20. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 50 bed psychiatric unit at UHG will open; the number of beds that will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17113/18]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE has advised me of its plan to open the new 50 bed Acute Adult Mental Health Unit in University Hospital Galway on a phased basis. In the first phase the HSE will open 45 beds before the 1 June 2018 and in the second phase the remaining five beds will be opened by the end of 2018.

This new state of the art purpose built unit will provide better quality mental health services in the Galway area. The unit when opened will replace the current 45 bed in-patient facility at the hospital which does not meet the latest standards and urgently needs to be vacated in the interest of service users and staff. The new building is on the UHG site, a short distance from the current unit.