Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is great news. It is not aspirational; it is imminent. Clarity is needed in respect of the timelines. I encourage the UL Hospitals Group to finalise its tendering process as soon as possible. I hope the Minister of State and her officials in the Department will fast-track the funding in order that the service can be rolled out. It would be great if we could get this over the line in quarter 2 or quarter 3. That would be a reasonable timeline. It is not that additional people will be getting dialysis; it will just be that the services will be better spread geographically. I appreciate the fact that it is another unit which requires clinical governance. That all seems to have been taken into consideration. Let us make this happen. It will be good for medicine in the mid-west, people who have to get dialysis on a weekly basis and healthcare in County Clare.