Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the diabetes nurse for Loughlinstown health centre has not been replaced; if the post will be filled as soon as possible in order that those in need of the service do not have to go to Balally, County Dublin, or Ballywaltrim, County Wicklow, which are inaccessible by public transport for persons living in the area; if in the absence of a replacement for the diabetes nurse, these patients will be catered for in St. Columcille's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4766/20]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.