National Rehabilitation Hospital
Senator Boyhan asks the Health Minister to clarify reports that the National Rehabilitation Hospital project in Dún Laoghaire will be delayed and substantially reduced.
I received two letters and three telephone calls in the past two days about the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire. It has been said on numerous occasions that a totally new hospital was to be built there. It was then said there had been setbacks and that there would be an extension. On his next visit to the House, will the Minister for Health give us a comprehensive update on the suggestion at the hospital in the past few days that the project will be delayed to 2017 and that it will be a much modified scheme? The staff and those who run the hospital are unhappy. There is, therefore, a need for greater clarity on this major project. I would appreciate it if the Minister was to address it when he next visits the House.