Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy McDonald should write to me on that. I will talk to the Minister for Health on the point she has made and on what she was saying. I am unsure of the background. Deputy McDonald is suggesting that the HSE is undermining community participation. We will get that looked at.

I have gone into some of the flat complexes with Senator Mary Fitzpatrick. I agree with Deputy McDonald that the conditions were poor and tight with no space. There were significant levels of respiratory conditions. I remember coming out of the Greek Street flats one day and looking across at modern student accommodation. The contrast was stark although some of that is historical. I will talk to the Minister with responsibility for housing on that and to Dublin City Council to discuss the various programmes on refurbishing and improving the quality of living conditions in some of the complexes that I visited. Without question there is room for improvement there. I will talk to the Secretary General about a review of the overall plan for the north-eastern inner city and how we can add to it.

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