Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One area that is of concern to a lot of people is areas where there is a large new development occurring and a huge increase in population but there is no co-ordination around putting in health services at the same time. Take my own area. In Glanmire, we do not have facilities for older people to meet up or for any kind of healthcare service to be provided locally. My understanding is that there is no plan at present to build a medical centre there even though there is land available. What level of co-ordination is going on between the Department of Health and local authorities to deal with that aspect, looking at the increase in population, the increasing demands on the health service and keeping people out of the hospital system?