Hospital Facilities
Dail Éireann — 2026-07-09
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG), Dún Laoghaire

I certainly will. In the first instance, I will discuss that with HSE estates. The Minister, Jack Chambers, and the Department of public expenditure and reform are as keen to develop health infrastructure as I am. The accelerated infrastructure report and the work in that is a very significant advancement in that regard. Already we are seeing different areas where we are making quicker progress than we otherwise would have done, so it is very important, and I will certainly do that.
It is also important that I highlight the relocation of the helipad. This is important for everybody in Galway and is a matter that sits with Galway City Council. The relocation of the helipad is vital to enabling delivery of the master plan. There is no other way of doing that. It is in the mater plan. It is essential. It will ensure there is a clear flight path for emergency landings away from the future development areas while supporting timely transfer of patients to the emergency department. I understand that the transfer of land is due for consideration by Galway City Council in the coming days.
I know there are always concerns among local residents - we all understand that as public representatives - but this is critical to the development of proper emergency services for the people of the north west and enabling the development of the hospital master plan more broadly. I understand that further public engagement by the HSE is taking place this week.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-09