Written answers
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Department of Health
Departmental Expenditure
Charles Ward (Donegal, 100% Redress Party)
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1001. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to establish a minor injuries clinic in Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39661/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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In 2023, a National Injury Unit Review was undertaken by a HSE Working Group who examined existing Injury Units and made a series of recommendations to improve services, including:
- to expand geographical coverage and prioritise locations for the provisions of Injury units;
- to expand all existing acute hospital governed Injury Units to operate from 8am to 8pm.
The Programme for Government commitments on Urgent and Emergency Care include expansion of Injury Units, and this is being progressed across priority sites. The HSE undertook a study to inform regional and national decisions on the establishment of new Injury Unit services across Ireland by assessing the geospatial and population implications of site options under consideration. Locations for six additional Injury Units have been agreed, including Injury Units in Athlone, Tallaght, Carlow, Killarney, Ballina and Letterkenny. The Injury Units in Athlone and Carlow are expected to open in Q4 of 2025.
Charles Ward (Donegal, 100% Redress Party)
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1001. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to establish a minor injuries clinic in Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39661/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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In 2023, a National Injury Unit Review was undertaken by a HSE Working Group who examined existing Injury Units and made a series of recommendations to improve services, including:
- to expand geographical coverage and prioritise locations for the provisions of Injury units;
- to expand all existing acute hospital governed Injury Units to operate from 8am to 8pm.
The Programme for Government commitments on Urgent and Emergency Care include expansion of Injury Units, and this is being progressed across priority sites. The HSE undertook a study to inform regional and national decisions on the establishment of new Injury Unit services across Ireland by assessing the geospatial and population implications of site options under consideration. Locations for six additional Injury Units have been agreed, including Injury Units in Athlone, Tallaght, Carlow, Killarney, Ballina and Letterkenny. The Injury Units in Athlone and Carlow are expected to open in Q4 of 2025.
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