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CLARE junior minister, Pat Breen says that he has received confirmation today (Monday) from Minister for Health, Simon Harris, that he will, prioritise the 60-bed modular unit at the University Hospital Limerick. “I have been in communication with both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health on the issue of the 60-bed modular unit at the University Hospital Limerick and as late as today, Minister Harris confirmed to me that “funding will be provided for this important project to progress,” Deputy Breen said. “There were concerns raised a number of weeks ago that the construction of the proposed unit, which is aimed at alleviating overcrowding, could be postponed due to the overrun of the National Children’s Hospital. Immediately, I contacted the minister for health to ensure he understood the importance of the unit to the Mid West. He assured me he did and that he was committed to the project. He said he intends to fully honour this commitment to …

Twenty County Councils, including Clare, have voted on a motion calling on Enda Kenny to review the Cabinet decision of 2012 to build the National Children’s Hospital at St James’s. The motion calls instead for it to be tri-located with the Rotunda Maternity hospital and Adult hospital at the 145 acre Connolly campus off the M50/N3 interchange at Blanchardstown. The Connolly for Kids Hospital (C4KH) campaign has announced that 80% of councils have passed the motion, the majority of them unanimously. The motion has yet to be tabled by 11 councils while four – Kildare, Cork City, Wexford, Carlow – have failed to pass the motion, three of them by just a single vote. The fifteen councils that voted in favour of Connolly are Clare, Cavan, Donegal, Galway City, Galway County, Kerry, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Waterford and Westmeath, while Cork County Coouncilvoted to review the St James’s decision. “The Miniter for Health, Leo Varadkar, claimed last Thursday …