Hospital Facilities
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-09
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

The Mater hospital is a good example of how this can be done. The Deputy is absolutely correct that it is a congested site but we opened the Rock wing there recently. It is a state-of-the-art facility. Some rapid-build technology was used and the process was very efficient. Those responsible probably got the wing built several years quicker than a similar project might have been built in the past. They deserve great credit for it.
At the right-hand side of the Rock wing, a very big build is intended for the regional trauma centre. On the left-hand side, a significant investment is sought for another bed block. The new bed block proposed for the left-hand side is the kind of development that would lend itself to the rapid-build approach.

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Sitting date: 2023-11-09