Seanad debates

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Commencement Matters

Primary Care Centres

2:30 pm

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have had a very busy day and I have never refused to attend the Seanad. I am always the most obliging. However, the notion that I am in here discussing something that the Senator thinks might happen when I should instead be in the Dáil dealing with something that is very serious is a different day.

The amount of car parking required for a primary care centre is determined by the size of the centre, the range of services it provides and its location. The development of these centres will facilitate the accommodation of a range of primary care centres, including general practitioner care, community health nursing services and physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services. Dental, ophthalmology, podiatry and psychological services may be sited in these centres along with other integrated services, for example, mental health, child care development, disability, antenatal, etc. However, the amount of car parking provided at a particular primary care centre must comply with the car parking standards set out in the relevant local authority's development plan. Fianna Fáil is the largest party on this-----

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