Tom Brabazon
Ceist:93. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the current status of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital. [4883/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 22 January 2026
Ceisteanna (93, 126)
Tom Brabazon
Ceist:126. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the current status of the new critical care unit at Beaumont Hospital. [4884/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 126 together.
I am pleased to update you on the progress of key capital developments at Beaumont Hospital including the new critical care unit.
Following recent investments, there are a number of significant proposals for capital investment in Beaumont. All are progressing through the requisite design and planning stages. As a live hospital campus there is an added complexity in terms of planning, sequencing and enabling each of these projects. All of these proposals are being managed through the HSE capital development process in line with the Infrastructure Guidelines from the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.
In May 2025, the new Emergency Department received final grant of planning permission. The project was approved to move to the detailed design stage through 2025 and 2026 and this will inform a tender and market engagement for construction works that will ultimately determine construction timelines. The project remains funded on the HSE Capital plan through the design stage.
Proposals for the 64-bed Critical Care Unit (CCU) are at a preliminary design stage. The CCU is dependent on the relocation of the existing Endoscopy Department. In March 2025, a final grant of planning was received for the new two-storey Endoscopy unit, and the proposal is now progressing through to detailed design stage, which inform a tender and market engagement for construction works that will ultimately determine construction timelines.
Separately, I can confirm that the 95-bed ward block project at Beaumont Hospital is progressing through the design stage at present.
I am also advised that the pre-tender business case for the Radiation Oncology Unit at Beaumont was approved by the HSE just before Christmas. The first stage of the procurement process- Suitability Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs) has been completed. SAQs are used to assess whether a contractor is qualified, competent, and reliable enough to be invited to tender for the works. Invitations to tender for this project are expected to issue shortly. In parallel, three out of four enabling works packages to support the delivery of the radiation oncology unit are complete, with the last one underway and with works expected to be completed by June 2026.