Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)

I referenced primary care centres in Killarney and Cahersiveen earlier, so it is just to push on with those please. The importance of good home care cannot be emphasised strongly enough. What is the budget there? I plead with the Minister to push on with the new oncology unit at UHK, as I mentioned earlier.

To go back to CAMHS - the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is gone but she can write to me or whatever afterwards - many of the children who were affected are young adults today. Their lives were ruined and it was a very traumatic time for them. On the compensation, I would emphasise the need for families and individuals to be treated fairly, promptly and compassionately. It is the very least they deserve.

On a slightly different note, regarding the long-term vacant buildings, properties and lands in the Minister’s ownership, of which there are many valuable ones in Kerry, I reiterate what we would have called for at council meetings, namely that we should sell them and reinvest. Kerry County Council made numerous inquiries about these lands for housing over the years.

I am not sure whether this is relevant, but the Health Insurance Authority, HIA, was in the media about stamp duty levies being increased by 10% on private health insurance. Private health insurance is going up once or twice every year as things stand. People and families are opting out. They simply cannot afford it. That is something we need to watch carefully and reverse if possible.