Written answers
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Department of Health
National Children's Hospital Status
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the new children’s hospital; when construction will be completed; when it will be open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53125/18]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Considerable work has been undertaken on the project since 2017. The enabling works at the new children’s hospital site on the St. James's campus were completed in early 2018. Phase A construction works (substructure works such as basement excavation and piling) on the main site commenced in October 2017 and are also now nearing completion.
Development is also well advanced on the paediatric outpatients and urgent care centres. Works at Connolly are on target for practical completion of the building in Spring 2019 with the opening scheduled for July 2019. Works at Tallaght are underway with enabling and decant works almost complete and construction works on centre due to commence in a matter of weeks with a target handover date of July 2020. The main hospital construction is scheduled for completion by July 2022. Following practical handover, the commissioning process will take a couple of months before services move from the existing three children’s hospital to the new hospital on a phased basis.
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