Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Donegal can feel quite isolated geographically at times. It is such a large, sprawling county that to have an outreach nurse will make a big difference.

I also had an excellent conversation with Deputy Louise O'Reilly's colleague and my counterpart, Ms Michelle O'Neill, MLA, the Minister for Health in Northern Ireland, about what we can do on a North-South basis in terms of paediatric palliative care. LauraLynn has some ideas in that regard. Both the Minister, Ms O'Neill MLA, and myself have undertaken that our officials will engage. A bit like Altnagelvin in the case of radiotherapy, there is definitely scope to do something tangible there. I am also in conversations with LauraLynn, which I visited on 23 December, about its desire to expand services outside of Dublin. I hope we will have a busy year ahead in this regard.