Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that the Minister of State is answering on behalf of the Department of Health but tell us something we do not know. Essentially all we are told is that it is included in the capital plan even though it had been in the strategic plan for 2016 to 2020. There has been no progress. What the Minister of State is clearly saying is that the HSE has given no real commitment to the development of the ambulance base in Gorey. The Minister of State said it cannot be seen in isolation from the delivery of related healthcare services. Given that the development of the primary care service facility in Gorey has taken longer than the National Children's Hospital, it is not unfair for me to conclude that the estates division of the HSE has no interest in the development of capital services in the north Wexford area. This has been running on for nearly a decade. It is completely unacceptable and I ask the Minister of State to bring it back to the Minister and the HSE.