Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am glad that the needs assessment has taken place but it actually took place 20 years ago. I really plead with the Minister of State to prioritise this primary care centre and to understand its urgency. If the GP in Bangor Erris leaves, it is no good to us. It is a real urgency. I ask the Minister of State to go back and speak to the HSE about this. The HSE fully understands the intricacies surrounding the matter and that we need the services in the health centre in Bangor Erris. However, the HSE needs to see a proper timeline. The vagueness of the Minister of State's response will not be reassuring to people, so I ask him to go back to the HSE again.

As for the investment in primary care, I agree that wonderful buildings have been completed but the Minister of State knows there is only one extra receptionist employed in each. The buildings need to be fully staffed and need the full technology in order to be utilised in full.

I will be asking the Minister for State for continual updates on the Bangor Erris primary care centre because we need more reassurance on it. The fact that a business case is being prepared disappoints me in a sense. I am conscious that business cases are often left on people's desks for months on end, and we do not have months. There is a real urgency to the Bangor Erris primary care centre.