Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

During the week, a statement issued from a PD source in County Galway indicated that a directive, issued from the Department of the Taoiseach, requested the sale of six acres of land adjoining Grove Hospital in Tuam, two acres of land adjoining the workhouse in Portumna and 32 acres adjoining St. Bridget's Hospital in Ballinasloe. The Government gave undertakings that the Bon Secours Hospital would be redeveloped and state-of-the-art facilities provided for north-east County Galway, for example, adjacent to the psychiatric services hospital in Ballinasloe. If these lands were to be sold, it would deprive a very active committee in Portumna of the opportunity of continuing its work in developing sheltered housing.