Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In April 2016, I was told that the HSE proposed to deliver a primary care centre in Tullow, including the townlands of Rathvilly and Hacketstown, using its direct build mechanism. The HSE stated that its capital plan would fund the centre. We are seven years on. I have been in contact with the HSE; I am worn out submitting parliamentary questions on the matter. The HSE has told me that it identified a site last year. People in Tullow, Hacketstown and Rathvilly are disappointed because construction at the site has not started. As the Minister knows, that we are seven years on means the cost of the build will have doubled. I cannot get any information from the HSE.

I wish to raise another issue. I had a few meetings with the Minister for Health regarding an injury clinic for Carlow, given that its population has grown so much. I need information on this matter.

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