Written answer
Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
The Minister referred Deputy Heneghan’s request for updated Beaumont Hospital capacity and overcrowding assessments to the HSE, which manages the project and its demand analysis.
4012. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether an updated assessment has been carried out of emergency department overcrowding, patient waiting times and bed capacity pressures at Beaumont Hospital since planning permission was granted for the new emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58567/26]
Comment on this
As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, and all of the proposals at Beaumont Hospital are being managed through the HSE capital development process in line with the Infrastructure Guidelines from the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation. The development of the preliminary business case by the Beaumont project team should include underlying demand analysis in line with Infrastructure Guidelines requirements. As such, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.