Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The primary care centre, which was promised for Finglas and is a priority for the HSE, is part of this proposal. I hope it is at an advanced stage. My worry is that there might be problems getting funding to build the primary care centre. I hope the matter can be sorted out and that there will be no such problems. Everyone is worried about the amount that was committed to the children's hospital on the St. James's Hospital site. I have lived all my life in Finglas and there has not been a GP in north Finglas and most of west Finglas for as far back as I remember and, therefore, we would welcome a primary care centre with all the facilities it would provide. There are primary care centres in Ballymun, Corduff and Cabra and they are magnificent facilities that enhance the lives of the people of Finglas.

I also welcome the fact that a new church will be built. We all have great memories of the old Church of the Annunciation, in which many family members were married, but unfortunately it had reached its sell-by date. We look forward to a new church being built there that will suit the needs of the people of Finglas.

The Minister and the Government should put on pressure to get the project moving forward quickly. I spoke to Brendan Kenny in Dublin City Council, which is advancing the project, and it is going to the design stage. We must push it on. Hundreds of people in the Finglas area alone are waiting for financial contributions and this project, should it proceed, would release much needed houses in the area.

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