Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a very serious issue and I thank Deputy Lowry for raising it. I will continue to engage with the Minister for Health on this. There are two issues. There is obviously a very serious and acute issue at University Hospital Limerick, on which everyone in this House and most particularly Deputies from the mid-west want to see progress. We all know that. There are also the very strong views of the people of Nenagh on the community nursing unit. The proposals put forward are very much on an interim basis as a step-down, sub-acute and rehabilitation facility. I reiterate that it is on an interim basis. I am aware of the strength of feeling in Nenagh on this issue. Deputy Kelly has also raised this previously. I will ask for engagement by the Minister for Health with Deputy Lowry on this matter.

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