Beaumont emergency department
Deputy Haughey asked when the long-promised new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital would proceed and whether it was included in the 2017 HSE capital plan. The Taoiseach said the HSE had approval for 2017 and that the Minister would reply directly.
There is a commitment in the programme for Government for a new emergency department in Beaumont Hospital in North Dublin. The hospital opened in 1987, 30 years ago, and there has been no major investment during that time. It is operating at maximum capacity. That area has a large elderly population and a large growing population. Has the HSE capital programme for 2017 been drafted? Have Ministers seen it? Is this project part of that capital programme and when will this long-promised project go ahead?
