Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want Mr. Curran to come back to me on the bricks-and-mortar part. This really is a pressing issue. When places are closed it can be hard to open them again. At the meeting last week, the day-care centre in Monastrevin was mentioned as a case in point. It is really important. HSE management were present at that meeting and I do not want to misrepresent what they said. The case was made very strongly that that site would become an integrated hub of community care for the elderly in particular. I want to emphasise that if a primary care centre is going in you have a nursing unit there too along with speech and language therapists and physiotherapists on site and all the services. It is really important. Does Mr. Curran agree that the way forward for Abbeyleix is for it to become that hub? The site is there. The HSE needs to provide infrastructure and buildings but it is ready and almost in the centre of the town, exactly where it needs to be located in the county. Does Mr. Curran agree that this is the opportune time and that the site is a prime location for that integrated hub?