Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

The Deputy referred to the HIQA report. Obviously, it operates independently. It was felt the current location on the campus was impacting the residents of the nursing home, that is, the community nursing unit itself, so an agreement was reached that it would look for an alternative permanent location. In the interim it has temporarily located on another area in the campus where there is separate access. The older persons services in primary care is working with St. Joseph’s Longford to look at a permanent location. I will take the Deputy’s point about it being located in the area back to the HSE to ensure it is incorporated into the deliberations on a permanent solution.

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