Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have one final question. I apologise for cutting across Mr. Canavan. Reference was made to primary care, which is a very important issue. In my backyard, I notice a change of policy. I certainly was not consulted, and I do not know who was, but it looks like some people who are wiser than the public representatives decided that there should be a change to the policy. We are now going to get two smaller centres and a big centre somewhere else. The towns in north Kildare are now bulging with population. It is very difficult to travel from one town to another at any time because of traffic problems. I strongly urge that we revert to the original proposals and that the major centre in Maynooth, a university town with a bulging population and more to come, be the location for a primary care centre with all the bells and whistles attached. A primary care centre should also be provided for Leixlip, which is another a very large town. I wanted to raise that issue, and I am sorry to parochialise things, but these issues are local to us on the ground. They become very sensitive when the public ask what happened there.