Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The development of an in-patient unit with 20 single ensuite rooms for cystic fibrosis patients at Beaumont Hospital is a priority for Government and there is commitment to progress it in the Programme for a Partnership Government.

The new cystic fibrosis in-patient unit at Beaumont Hospital is being developed in accordance with a model of care which sets out standards and requirements for the physical and human resources to be provided for treatment of cystic fibrosis patients. 

I understand that Beaumont Hospital was granted planning permission for the development very recently.

My Department and the Health Service Executive are currently engaged in a process to finalise the HSE Capital Plan for 2019. The HSE Capital Plan will determine the projects that can progress in 2019 and beyond having regard to the available capital funding, the number of large national capital projects currently underway and the cashflow requirements attaching to each project.

Once the HSE has finalised its Capital Plan for 2019, it will then be submitted to me for consideration.