Youghal and Midleton nursing homes
Deputy Buckley said promised capital funding for nursing home refurbishments and a new build in Cork had not yet resulted in HIQA registration and could lead to bed closures. The Minister said she could not provide the information immediately but would come back to him before close of business.
In A Programme for a Partnership Government, under the residential care capital plan 2016 to 2021, it was proposed that an amount of €2.67 million be allocated for the refurbishment of a 38-bed community nursing home refurbishment in Youghal, County Cork and €10.3 million was proposed for a new-build community nursing home on the grounds of Midleton Community Hospital. It is now 2018 and the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, is yet to register the current buildings this year. It is likely that these hospitals will face a number of bed closures until the completion of these projects. Will someone tell me when these projects are going to start?
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I am not in a position to give that information to Deputy Buckley right now but I will come back to him before the close of business today.