An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-15
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Imelda Munster (SF), Louth

The Taoiseach spoke over and over again this morning about the Government's commitment to ramping up testing and tracing. I want to raise the issue of the provision of a Covid testing centre for Drogheda. As the Taoiseach knows, Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland but we are left without a Covid testing centre. The people of Drogheda and of south Louth who have been referred by their GP for a test have to travel to another town, and people who do not have transport - listen to this - have been told by the HSE to get the bus. These are people who have been referred by their GP because they are showing symptoms.
It is my understanding the public health centre in the Haymarket in Drogheda, which has been lying idle for some time, is still available to the HSE and has not yet been surrendered, and it could be operational in days as a Covid testing centre.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-15