asked the Minister for Health when the new mortuary-autopsy facility will be opened in Mullingar General Hospital, County Westmeath.

It is anticipated that the new mortuary-autopsy facility will open at the end of this month.

86.

asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of the equipment supplied for the commissioning of phase 1 of Mullingar General Hospital, County Westmeath, in 1988; and the cost thereof.

A grant of £900,000 has been approved to enable the Midland Health Board to equip the phase I development. It would not be feasible to give full details of the equipment purchased as any such list would run to thousands of items.

87.

asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of the developments to date in the planning of phase 2 of the extension of Mullingar General Hospital, County Westmeath.

Approval has been given to the Midland Health Board to proceed to stages 2 and 3 of planning of the Phase 2A development of the hospital and the shelling out of Phase 2 B. A small monitoring group which includes representatives from my Department has been established to oversee this development. The monitoring group had its first meeting on 8 March 1989.