Ms Laura Magahy:

That is a very interesting question. There is a parallel in the public system, which are called minor injury units, and there are 11 of these associated with the main public emergency departments all around the country. In Dublin, there is one in Smithfield and one in Mallow, County Cork. I will miss the names of the others as I do not have them off the top of my head. These are brilliant, are open between 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. seven days a week, mostly. These are minor injury units and do what it says on the tin by providing care for minor falls, small X-rays, are very good and are becoming more and more used to taking pressure off the main emergency departments. It is interesting that the Deputy should raise these units because I am not sure that they are as widely known about as-----