asked the Minister for Health the proposals he has for the improvement and development of the district hospitals in County Clare.

I do not have any proposals from the Mid-Western Health Board at present for further developments at the district hospitals in County Clare. However, as the Deputy is probably aware, a considerable amount of work has been carried out at these three hospitals in the last few years. For example: at Ennistymon district hospital upgrading of the toilets and bathrooms and also rewiring and fire precaution works have been carried out; at Raheen district hospital the ground floor has been extended with the result that all the patients are now accommodated at this level and at Kilrush district hospital major rewiring and fire precaution works have been completed while surplus accommodation was used to provide a day psychiatric unit which opened earlier this year.