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

Not only was it done in the Mater but it was done successfully in Limerick. As the Deputy says, we have this standardised design that can be replicated and has been in other places. I will take that up with the Department of public expenditure and reform and HSE estates to try to advance it as quickly as humanly possible. There is no question but that the additional beds are necessary for Galway. They still have to manage their demand and do all the other things, but they need more beds. It is an area of rising population, which is a good thing, but no matter how well demand is managed there, that pressure is coming in the future and there is no question but that it is necessary. I take the opportunity to ask all Deputies and political parties in the House to do everything they can to take any step in terms of public persuasion and public support. Without the transfer of land for the helipad, we cannot progress this plan in a major way. I ask that everyone take what steps they can to advance critical infrastructure, which is what we all need and what Deputies will rightly come in here and ask me about a different day. We want to deliver this, and this is a critical for moment for everybody in the west and north west.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-09