Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not have the update on 3 February. The Deputy might know about that better than I as to whether planning was granted. One would hope planning permission was granted because it will add 1,800 additional bed nights capacity in the south Leitrim area and that is badly needed. Funding is ring-fenced for that development.

When I met the parents 21 months ago, we did not have a site, design or funding. Neither did we have feasibility work done on it. All that has been done now. I hope the local authority granted planning permission in order that we can now work at pace. To be fair to HSE estates, once it has its planning and all the other ducks in a row, it will be good to go. We have the funding to ensure that it can be operational as quickly as possible. It is a priority for Edel Quinn.

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