Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Tá an dream seo ag streachailt ar an talamh le breis agus seacht mbliana. De bharr na hoibre atá á ndéanamh acu, i dteannta le Teachtaí Dála, tá dul chun cinn déanta. Progress has been made but this issue has been going on for more than seven years. The local group has kept up its campaign and kept the pressure on us. Approximately one year ago, as my colleagues said, we raised this matter in the House and progress was made on the provision of extra staff, an additional ambulance and a rapid reaction team.

However, the undertaking to provide an ambulance base seems to have no substance. One might say it has no base and that is where we need the Minister of State's help. The project is with the HSE's capital and estates unit, as I understand it. We certainly need pressure to be applied in this regard. I checked the file and it was seven years ago, in 2015, that action was first sought on this issue. For the group to stay together for that length of time indicates how serious this is for people in Maam, Recess, Clifden and Oughterard.

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