Martin Daly (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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364. To ask the Minister for Health if she supports the inclusion of Galway University Hospital as a Model 4 Hospital with a regional cancer centre for the north west, in the context of Sláintecare reform and equitable access to care; and if she will liaise with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to ensure provision is made for this in the National Development Plan. [27747/25]

Naoise Ó Muirí (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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392. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand or enhance the current cancer treatment centres in the West of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27982/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 364 and 392 together.

Galway University Hospitals comprises Merlin Park University Hospital and University Hospital Galway (UHG). UHG is the Model 4 hospital for the HSE West and North-West region and is one of eight national designated cancer centres. Some localised cancer services operate out of smaller hospitals in the HSE West North West region and UHG also supports a satellite centre for breast cancer at Letterkenny.

There are a number of significant capital investment projects proposed for the University Hospital Galway site and a HSE Capital Oversight Group is developing a masterplan focused on key projects. These projects include a cancer centre, a new emergency department, replacement laboratories and inpatient ward blocks.

A capital infrastructure Strategic Assessment Report (SAR) for this programme is, as of May 2025, with the HSE Audit & Risk Committee. If approved, the SAR will be submitted to the Department of Health for review in line with the Infrastructure Guidelines.