Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question is in respect of A Programme for a Partnership Government. I am sorry the Taoiseach has left the Chamber. I wish to raise a matter regarding health services in County Roscommon, and in particular, an issue I have brought up repeatedly, the Rosalie unit. I know this is not the Minister for Communications, Climate Change and Environment's area but tomorrow morning one patient, and perhaps a second, will be forcibly removed from the Rosalie centre in Castlerea in Roscommon. Our brothers and sisters, human beings, will be taken out of what has been their home for almost 30 years. This is an absolute, total and utter disgrace. When the Taoiseach was Minister for Health, he and the former Deputy and Minister of State, Kathleen Lynch, gave a commitment that this centre would not close. It is a centre for 34 people who do not have advice and who are very vulnerable. There will be a major protest outside the centre tomorrow morning and people intend to prevent this happening. This is a very urgent matter.

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