Debate contribution: Altnagelvin Area Hospital: Emergency Department
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 2 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Altnagelvin Area Hospital: Emergency Department
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5584211
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Text
With your permission, Mr Speaker, I will answer questions 1 and 4 together. The Department undertook an information-gathering exercise in mid 2025 to inform the Executive's consideration of a multi-year Budget for financial year 2026-27 and the subsequent three financial years. In recognition of the importance of progressing the new emergency department (ED) facility at Altnagelvin as quickly as possible, the Western Health and Social Care Trust submitted proposals in July of last year to re-phase an original project plan. The budget cost for the initial phase is £73 million. The information provided by the trust to the Department was included in the capital budget bid submitted to the Department of Finance. My ability to commit funding will depend on the Department's capital allocation from the Budget process and the identification of sufficient recurrent funding to meet any additional resource costs associated with the facility. If sufficient capital and revenue funding is available, the trust will have to update and submit its outline business case to the Department for approval.
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