Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

After that, my own and Deputy Naughten's remarks still hold. There is a ridiculous anomaly that someone a mile inside a county border can get the machine while someone a mile on the other side is in the wrong county and cannot get it. I will raise this at my HSE meeting in Castlebar, and the Galway Deputies will be raising it tomorrow. It would be good if the Minister of State, Deputy White, could give some commitment because, as the Minister with responsibility for primary care, it would make his job easier. He mentioned budgetary issues. It is clear the availability of this machine will save money in the short, medium and long term, not just in the Department of Health but also in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and in local authorities. That silly anomaly must be addressed for the sake of all concerned.

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