Written answers
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Department of Health
Primary Care Centres
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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100. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of primary care centre developments in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37540/21]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The development of new Primary Care Centres (PCCs) is a key component of the efforts to enhance community care, and to deliver care in a location at, or as near as possible to an individual’s home, where it is safe and clinically appropriate to do so.
The most recent update available to the Department from the HSE indicates that there are currently 142 operational PCCs ?nationwide, with a further 30 scheduled to open before the end of 2023. ?Those PCCs currently operational in Mayo are listed below.
| Primary Care Centre Location | Date Operational |
|---|---|
| Achill | 2008 |
| Ballina | 2011 |
| Ballinrobe | 2018 |
| Castlebar | 2016 |
| Charlestown | 2008 |
| Claremorris | 2018 |
| Westport | 2018 |
In addition, a PCC in Ballyhaunis has a scheduled operational date of Q4 2021 while a further centre in Erris is currently at a very early stage in the development process.
As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.
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