Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will certainly ask the Department to revert to the Deputy on the Mayfield primary care centre as a matter of urgency. I echo his positive comments about the new ophthalmology services out of Ballincollig. For many years in Cork, circumstances simply have not been acceptable, whereby people could not get access to cataract appointments in a timely manner, but we are making that a thing of the past and the investment in Ballincollig is one really important part of that. Further investment in ophthalmology is going on in the elective hospital in the city as well. Our intention, and we are now on the way, is that everyone in Cork who needs to be able to access cataract procedures or other eye care will be able to get that in a timely manner in their own county.

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