Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an tAire Stáit for quite an upfront and straight reply to the issue. Certainly all is not lost, I am glad we have a Minister of State from the Department of Health dealing with this issue this morning. I appreciate that as I know Deputy Burke will have a good understanding of what I am talking about. I ask that he go back to the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, on this because, as a result of the huge increase in population, we need to look at other options if necessary to ensure delivery of a primary care centre. Costs have been spiralling out of control, I fully accept that. This creates a challenge for Government in terms of public expenditure and finance. We do need to push on with this and I hope the Minister of State will take back a message that we can look at the proposal again, do what needs to be done and get this project up and running. It would be very much welcomed by the community in that part of County Roscommon.