Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Capital Plan is an annual document that sets out the planned Health infrastructure investment within a given year.

Under the Health Act 2004, the HSE is required to prepare, and submit for approval, an annual Capital Plan. The annual Capital Plan must be submitted following receipt of the ‘Letter of Determination’, which details the maximum amount of funding made available to the HSE in that year for investment in health capital infrastructure.

The number and cost of projects competing for inclusion in the annual Capital Plan invariably exceeds the funding available. It is necessary for the HSE to conduct a prioritisation exercise to determine which projects can be funded in any given year.

The HSE have developed detailed and robust systems and procedures to appraise, manage and deliver infrastructure projects required for the provision of health services. These are aligned to the Infrastructure Guidelines which superseded the Public Spending Code.

The Capital Plan 2024 has been submitted to me for review and approval in my capacity as Minister for Health. Once approved, Capital Plan 2024 will be published over the coming weeks in line with established procedures.