170 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing additional beds in Kanturk Community Hospital; and if her Department provided the necessary funding to the HSE to carry out the works. [40783/06]

The Government's sustained high level of investment in health care has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, the sum available for expenditure in health under the Health Service Executive's capital plan is €555 million. The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the health sector, including the development referred to in the Deputy's question. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.