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Galway TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton, has welcomed Cabinet approval to proceed with the next steps required for the provision of a new Elective Hospital for Galway and the region.

Galway TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton, has welcomed Cabinet approval to proceed with the next steps required for the provision of a new Elective Hospital for Galway and the region.

A business case for the development of an elective hospital in Galway will be made before the end of the year, it emerged after a high level meeting last evening.

The new hospital for Galway this week took a step closer to becoming a reality. A preliminary business case for the hospital will be completed by the end of the month, paving the way for the project to proceed to the design, planning, and procurement stage.

The planned elective hospital will be built on the Merlin Park campus and will be subject to capital funding in 2021/2022, the regional health forum heard this week.

The new elective hospital at Merlin Park - plans for which were advanced by the outgoing administration - will be prioritised under the new Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Green Government.

Two Government ministers have publicly backed plans for the development of a new elective hospital in Galway, calling for the project to be prioritised and completed “as quickly as possible”.

An independent report on the need for a new elective hospital in Galway will be completed and provided to the Minister for Health by the end of next month, it emerged this week.