Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The HSE should continuously engage with local TDs representatives around healthcare needs and the feedback they are receiving from constituents and also on the critical point the Deputy made on demographics and deprivation playing a really important role. The Deputy mentioned the huge amount of construction in other parts of his constituency where we will see an inevitable rise in demand over time. That should be a factor in the HSE's overall consideration of how primary care centres are deployed. The HSE is conducting a review. It is unfortunate the process collapsed. I will ask the HSE to reflect on the feedback the Deputy has given and, in its engagement with local TDs, to reflect on the wider work we will do over the next five years as part of the capital investment programme.

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