Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Staying with the health issue, we know how important primary care services are in keeping people out of hospital. As we move towards implementing Sláintecare, which has been moving way too slowly, I want to ask in particular about people in the east of County Laois near the County Carlow border. The people of Graiguecullen, Ballylynan, The Swan, Doonane, Crettyard and Killeen depend on the centre in Graiguecullen, which sits right on the border on Oakley estate. Before Covid, a lot of services were provided in that small centre. When Covid came, it obviously closed, like many other places, and many of those services have not been re-established there. An example of what is happening is-----

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