Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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511. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on his commitment to standardising the opening hours of all injury units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45904/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The development of Injury Units is a strategic initiative for this Government to assist with alleviating pressures in Emergency Departments.

A National Injury Unit review was undertaken by a HSE Working Group in 2023. The recommendations from this review were:

- to expand all existing acute hospital governed IUs to operate from 8am to 8pm, and,

- to expand geographical coverage and prioritise locations for the provision of IUs.

Resources are provided under the National Service Plan 2024 to standardise all IUs to open from 8am to 8pm by quarter 4 of 2024.

In relation to the specific question regarding the status of the standardisation of existing IUs, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.