Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The St. Luke's hospital project comprises an emergency department, a medical assessment unit and a unit for day services, including endoscopy. Construction commenced in 2012 and the facilities are expected to be completed and operational by 2014. To the end of 2012, €1 million has been spent.

Deputy Adams should consider the outcome. Instead of having more reports, more capital programmes and more proposals sitting on shelves while nothing happens, it is about time we moved, with as much urgency as we can, to put blocks and concrete in place and make facilities available for the taxpayer - in this case, those in Kilkenny and Wexford who need these facilities, which have been operating out of portakabins since 2000 and 2002, respectively. These capital works were approved in the programme by the HSE and it is past time we got on with this. We must look at the outcome, which is of great benefit to the people of Wexford and Kilkenny.

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