Hospital Services
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-05
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG), Dún Laoghaire

The Deputy is exactly right. Holles Street and Elm Park is settled. The question on Limerick forms part of what we are trying to do generally in Limerick and I would be happy to update the Deputy but our policy is very much the same in respect of colocation there. The Deputy is right to identify the Coombe, which is quite close to St. James's Hospital, where we are investing significant additional capacity at present. It is something I am now going to reflect on. I do not want to separate that yet but it is important that we do a detailed analysis of the needs of the Coombe, the adjacency of St. James's and what we have learned in relation to that. Back in 2013, 2014 and 2015, there were discussions about the necessity for trilocation and all those different efforts to try to put those pieces together. Of course, we are learning more and more. We are seeing the different pathways now. The Deputy is right to identify that and I cannot answer that today. It needs more reflection. We can do that collectively over time. There is not the same imperative because we are driving ahead with investment in the Coombe as it is.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-05