Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I apologise for inadvertently shrinking his constituency. He represents all of it with great heart, interest and commitment.

I appreciate his remarks. He said that we will get a new emergency unit with resuscitation rooms and a new administrative area. I welcome that commitment. I am also heartened to be informed by him that a design team is in place. That is all good, acknowledged and welcome. My request to him is that we get real action, and fast, and that we get over all sorts of bureaucratic hurdles as quickly as we can, get the money and get the job done. It badly needs to be done. I acknowledge it is in the capital programme but action is needed immediately and we need the job done. My final message is that the Minister of State should please treat this as an absolute priority because it is something the place is so badly in need of. It must be done eventually so why not get it done fast and meet the real need that is growing daily?