Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the Department to revert to the Deputy directly on the delays and the date for completion of the review moving from quarter 2 to quarter 3. Let us see whether that delay can be managed down to just a matter of weeks.

This is not about the denial of any service. The service is being provided but, as the Deputy reasonably pointed out, it is a long way to Sligo University Hospital for many people living in Donegal.

The review is nearly complete. Let us get the review and see what it recommends. It may recommend a neurology post or two in Letterkenny University Hospital or a team that moves between Sligo and Letterkenny. Let us see what the review comes back with. We will take that recommendation very seriously and can look at doing it through new development funding.

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