Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)

That reply certainly did not address my issue on Teach Tearmainn in Kildare. It will make disappointing reading for its board. When will the national review be completed? I understood from the last meeting that it would be completed very soon and that many of the black holes identified, affecting ten counties, would be addressed. Kildare has a facility but the HSE will not give us the money to open the door. Common sense ought to prevail. We cannot continue to spend Exchequer money through the HSE and not use this facility. We have spent almost €1 million on the facility, yet we cannot open it and instead send people to Kerry and elsewhere, at a total loss to the unfortunate families affected. They face extra costs financially and otherwise.

Can the Minister of State arrange a meeting with the Minister for Justice and Equality, the Minister for Health and the HSE to resolve this matter in order to have a beneficial service? It is a matter of seeing results and satisfying the families in question, and of ensuring that only nine of the ten counties will be affected because Kildare will have a facility of which it can be justly proud. The board of management is totally committed to the facility. I thank the Minister of State for her efforts on behalf of the board. We have met with deaf ears in the HSE, unfortunately. Where in the report is the reference to the €100,000 promised for Teach Tearmainn?

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