Hospital Inspections
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-21
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Darren O'Rourke (SF), Meath East

I welcome every euro invested in Navan hospital, as does the entire community in the county. The national standard 3.1 states that service providers protect service users from the risk of harm associated with the design and delivery of healthcare services, and the hospital was non-compliant in that regard in June 2024 and November 2025. Essentially, what management said at a follow-up inspection was that decisions regarding the transformation of the hospital on a national level were still outstanding and the hospital continued to operate as a model 3 hospital without the provision of acute on-site surgical services. That is stating that it is a model 3 hospital in name. In effect, it is a model 2.5 hospital because it does not have on-site surgical services. Is the Minister satisfied that the investment plan she has will address the risks identified in the HIQA report?

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Sitting date: 2026-04-21