Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister for that reply and acknowledge what the HSE states about the regional health areas and the single point of access. However, this primary care centre is nearly a decade in the making. I understand it has planning permission, or did at one stage, and it beggars belief how long this has taken to redesign and redevelop the existing site where primary care is being administered at the moment. There is genuine concern locally that as Cherrywood continues to grow and attract investment, there will be pressure to rationalise, as was mentioned in the reply from the HSE, by shifting the new primary care centre there instead. It might look more efficient on a map or on a desktop but it ignores the original objective of that project that was conceived to serve an older and less well-off community. The demographics illustrate that, even in the HSE's original documentation.

I ask for a commitment from the HSE to meet local TDs prior to any finalisation of any review but it is also important to highlight-----

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