Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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729. To ask the Minister for Health the capital and annual operational cost of establishing five new publicly owned dementia specific units with a capacity of 20 places for dementia patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35919/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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There is no one capital cost for additional beds/places. The capital cost is dependent on a variety of factors including the clinical requirements and where the places will be provided (whether as an extension or refurbishment of an existing facility or as a new development on a greenfield site).

As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of healthcare services and infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond directly you in relation to this matter.