GALWAY TD FEARS TUAM HEALTH CAMPUS WILL BE ABANDONED

Date Published: 20-Nov-2008

A Galway TD fears that the proprosed Tuam Health Campus will not go ahead.However, according to the HSE progress is being made on the project.Galway East T.D, Paul Connaughton says he has tried to find out in the Dáil this week, if 14 million euro allocated by the Government for the project a few years ago, is still available.Potential bidders for the development in Tuam have been shortlisted by the Project Team and will be invited forward to the next stage of the public procurement scheme.The capital cost for the Tuam Health Campus is indicated at 48 million euro.Deputy Connaughton says that he is deeply worried that the funding will not be provided, and the project will be abandoned.