Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the community based and supported services at Crooksling Nursing Home, County Dublin, will continue in the future; if he will ensure that the patients that have traditionally been accommodated there will continue to have their requirements met in the future and that notwithstanding the proposal to take overflow of patients from Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, he will ensure that the buildings requiring some minor refurbishment will be upgraded in order to accommodate the full complement of patients in accordance with tradition and thereby maximising the efficiency and patient staff ratios; if he will ensure that the ambulance service threreat is fully restored and that daycare facilities are maximised in accordance with his principles of community based and primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39311/12]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.