Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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895. To ask the Minister for Health if the Rotunda Hospital will move to a new location at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; if so, when the process will commence and be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13929/19]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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896. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost for the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the amount by which this has increased since the move was first announced in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 895 and 896 together.

Project Ireland 2040 provides €10.9 billion for health capital developments across the country, including funding to support implementation of the National Maternity Strategy. I am pleased to confirm that the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to the Connolly campus is one of the key infrastructure projects which will be funded under Project Ireland 2040. As to be expected with such a plan, many proposals are at an early stage and will require to progress through appraisal, planning design and tender before a firm timeline or funding requirement can be established. In that context. I am not in a position to provide any cost projections for the Rotunda project at this stage.

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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897. To ask the Minister for Health if the increase in the cost of the national children's hospital will result in delays to the proposed move of the Rotunda Hospital to a new location at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13931/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Project Ireland 2040 and the National Development Plan are the long term plans which will provide the capital funding to develop, amongst other projects, maternity hospitals on the sites of acute hospitals in accordance with the National Maternity Strategy including the Rotunda moving to Connolly Hospital's campus.

We must ensure that we carefully plan the use of this capital funding so as to meet the populations health needs and achieve value for money.

It is important to recognise that the Project Ireland 2040, the National Development Plan and implementing Sláintecare include many capital proposals that are at an early stage and, as with all capital development proposals, will require further appraisal, planning, design and tender before a firm timeline or funding required can be established.

The new children’s hospital is a vital and much needed project. The Government has examined the funding pressures associated with delivering this important project. In meeting these funding pressures, Government has examined all projects and programmes across Government and has made adjustments to ensure that the much-needed new children’s hospital will be delivered and will facilitate delivering the overall investment programme, as set out in Project Ireland 2040.

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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898. To ask the Minister for Health when the building of the new satellite unit of the national children’s hospital at Connolly Hospital will be completed; when the unit will open to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13932/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Works at Connolly are on target for substantial completion of the building in the Spring with the opening of the unit scheduled for July 2019.