Tom Brabazon
Ceist:92. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the current status of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital. [17673/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 5 March 2026
Ceisteanna (92, 127)
Tom Brabazon
Ceist:127. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the current status of the new critical care unit at Beaumont Hospital. [17674/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 127 together.
I am pleased to update you on the progress of key capital developments at Beaumont Hospital including the new emergency department and critical care unit.
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. That detailed design will inform a tender and market engagement strategy for construction works that will ultimately determine construction timelines.
A more detailed programme will be prepared as part of this detailed design stage and a schedule within the planned overall campus development will be determined. 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 will inform a tender and market engagement strategy for construction works that will ultimately determine construction timelines.
Separately, I can confirm that the in-patient ward block project 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.