Hospital Facilities
Dail Éireann — 2026-07-09
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Seán Kyne (FG), Galway West

Yes, there will be public engagement later today and again tomorrow. Residents in the Shantalla area hope to be able to pop in there tomorrow as well, and councillors will be engaging. I will certainly pass on the Minister's strong view on pushing on with a decision on the transfer of land in relation to the helipad project.
Block A and block B comprise 150 beds and the bed shortage is critical to this project. There are other very important projects, including the new laboratories, which have been in poor facilities for a long time dating back to 1953 or something like that. There also needs to be a cancer centre for the region. Professor Michael Kerin has done tremendous work advocating for cancer treatment in the west of Ireland. However, we need to do everything we can to fast-track the beds. In many cases we are talking about standard designs, which are copied from other places. We are not reinventing the wheel. There are processes in place. It was done in the Mater. It can be done here with engagement.

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