Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Mid-Western Health Board will consider extending the ShannonDoc service to Shannon, County Clare in order to facilitate the people of Shannon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2206/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department is informed that the ShannonDoc out-of-hours co-operative service has been operational in Shannon since 2002. The funding provided for out-of-hours co-operatives in the Health Service Executive, mid-western area, to date is €11.699 million. An additional €1.1 million was provided in 2005 to the Health Service Executive, mid-western area, for the expansion of this service in its area.