Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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447. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Tullow in County Carlow. [39559/15]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The HSE proposes to use the direct build mechanism to deliver the primary care centre for the Tullow-Rathvilly-Hacketstown area. The project brief has been approved. Currently the Executive is reviewing site options.

While the Government's objective is to deliver a high quality, integrated and cost effective health care system the mechanism and timescale for delivery of primary care infrastructure is dependent on a number of factors. Regardless of the delivery mechanism, all potential primary care infrastructure is subject to suitable locations being offered / provided / available, to successful planning processes and GP commitment to sharing accommodation and delivering health care services with HSE staff. In addition the operational lease mechanism is subject to market pressures such as the developers' access to adequate financing. Delivery of primary care infrastructure is a dynamic process, constantly evolving to take account of changing circumstances including the feasibility of implementation.