Healthcare Policy
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-05
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John Clendennen (FG), Offaly

I appreciate the Minister’s support in this regard. The objective is to get to a stage where there will be a call for expressions of interest and follow-through of this plan in order that surgical procedures will happen in Tullamore or elsewhere in the midlands. That is what we all have to aspire to.
I acknowledge the Minister’s recent visit to the midlands regarding ongoing facility works, such as the hospice in Tullamore and the primary care centres in Tullamore and Banagher. Edenderry primary care centre is also in for planning permission at the moment. I recently visited Birr primary care centre, which the Minister visited when it was only a shell. It is now nearing completion. If the Minister has any update on the completion of those works and when GPs will move onto the site, it would be greatly appreciated.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-05