709. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health following the announcement that a county nursing home (details supplied) will not meet the Health Information and Quality Authority physical environment standards by the authority's deadline of July 2015, if the facility will have to get a dispensation from the national quality standards or if it is planned to revise the HIQA physical environment standards; if he considers this the best use of taxpayers' money in view of the fact that the €11 million plus for refurbishment to provide 80 to 85 single rooms would instead build a 120-bed new private nursing home according to Nursing Homes Ireland; if he will publish the schedule of other refurbishment works that are planned for 2015-16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7740/14]

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709. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health following the announcement that a county nursing home (details supplied) will not meet the Health Information and Quality Authority physical environment standards by the authority's deadline of July 2015, if the facility will have to get a dispensation from the national quality standards or if it is planned to revise the HIQA physical environment standards; if he considers this the best use of taxpayers' money in view of the fact that the €11 million plus for refurbishment to provide 80 to 85 single rooms would instead build a 120-bed new private nursing home according to Nursing Homes Ireland; if he will publish the schedule of other refurbishment works that are planned for 2015-16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7740/14]

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