Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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This Government has invested significantly in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in recent years, including in major capital projects. In 2019, UHL had a Budget of €265m. The current closing budget for 2023 is €383m, representing a growth in budget of €118 million – or 45% - in just 4 years.

Work on a new 96-bed ward block at UHL commenced in October 2022. The construction phase will take at least two years to complete. It is currently envisaged that the construction phase will be complete by the first quarter of 2025.

Once handed over by the contractors, the new build will need to be equipped and commissioned and staff trained, following the completion of a recruitment campaign. The HSE anticipate that this much-needed additional bed capacity for the Midwest will become operational in mid-2025.

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Government and the HSE is committed to accelerating the delivery of a second 96-bed inpatient block at UHL. Planning for the enabling works for this block was granted in Q4 2023. These enabling works will be carried out directly adjacent to the 96-bed block currently under construction at UHL. This will create the lower part of the next block over which the proposed second 96-bed block can be developed.

This Government has invested significantly in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in recent years, including in major capital projects. In 2019, UHL had a Budget of €265m. The current closing budget for 2023 is €383m, representing a growth in budget of €118 million – or 45% - in just 4 years.

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of the surgical hub planned for Limerick to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.