Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I appreciate he is not in the Department of Health and Children. However, I must put it on the record of the House that I am very disappointed at the Department's response on this issue. The lack of progress is annoying, to say the least. This is exactly the same response I received when I raised the issue on 4 March and it does not come close to meeting the mark from my point of view unless the Department comes forward with some form of a substantive response. I have been liaising with HSE officials on this issue since Christmas. Obviously we must wait for the plan to be approved but the local community deserves to see some form of urgency with regard to this issue. I am disappointed with the response of the Minister for Health and Children and her Department. I will be working with the local community to bring about the required response. A local community which lacks these facilities should not have to wait until a fatality occurs due to the lack of services. This is no reflection on Deputy Haughey as he has other responsibilities but I am disappointed with the response.