Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change) | Oireachtas source

I have raised several times the severe lack of certain services across the Dublin 12 area due to a localised lack of public health nurses. We have seen resources taken from one centre and given to another, as was the case with the temporary transfer of nurses from Curlew Road in Drimnagh to Armagh Road in Crumlin. There is one public health nurse for child checks and one for older persons. People still cannot get services for themselves, their children and their families. We need an increased service in Dublin 12. In 2011, Drimnagh was promised those increased services in the form of a Drimnagh primary care centre. It has been 12 years with no delivery of services. Six months ago, in November, the Minister for Health stated that a consultant had been appointed to prepare a strategic assessment report on the proposed centre in Curlew Road. I request that the Minister provide an update on that report and on the progress with the delivery of the centre.

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