Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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1429. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on an initiative to develop a hospice unit in Drogheda, County Louth to serve the population of the north east; if the HSE still has plans to develop such a unit; the stage at which these plans are currently at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33747/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government identifies the north east (Cavan and Drogheda) and midlands as regions where additional hospices are required. The HSE is working closely with local hospice groups to progress these developments. Once these planned hospices are open, there will be an inpatient unit in every region of the country, providing specialist palliative care inpatient services for people with complex needs, a hub for the existing specialist palliative community homecare teams and supporting the discharge of patients from acute hospitals.

In relation to the proposed hospice in Drogheda, as this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.