Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her reply. It is unacceptable in 2016 that 18 staff members are working in a facility with a leaking roof, no access to hot water and a sewage problem. Taxpayers are not being provided with the service for which they are paying, which is unfair on the employees and people living in Carlow. I ask the Minister of State and the Minister to visit the facility which is too small for 18 staff working 12-hour shifts. Will the Minister of State provide a timeframe for completion of the works? Staff can no longer work in the current conditions and will move to another depot in Kilkenny. Relocation to a new or another building in the Carlow area should be considered. The medication required by staff is not located in the prefabricated building, which means that during winter months they must go to a different area to obtain medication, leaving them unsafe and vulnerable. I want another audit to be carried out. I accept that the Minister of State may have first been notified of the issue this morning, but it is an urgent matter which I will raise every week until I get answers. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to deal with it.