Written answers
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Department of Health
Hospital Facilities
Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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761. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the 2019 bed capacity programme, which previously included plans for ten additional beds in Mayo University Hospital; when the hospital will bring this extra capacity into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14163/20]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Saolta Hospital Group has advised that Mayo University Hospital have proposals for a mobile Acute Medical Assessment Unit on the site which would release 8 beds for inpatient use. They also envisage freeing up 2 further beds through an internal upgrade. These proposals will be considered in the context of priorities in the region and available resources.
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