Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-05
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Micheál Carrigy (FG), Longford-Westmeath

I thank the Tánaiste once again for his support, along with the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, in respect of significant investment in St. Joseph's Care Centre. I would welcome a meeting with the HSE capital team to speed up this service needs assessment, which has been dragging on over the last 12 months. The people of Longford need first-class facilities, the same as every community in our country. My priority is to make sure we get those facilities in the towns of Ballymahon, Granard and Edgeworthstown. As the Tánaiste said, we are going to see a significant increase in population in those areas, where planning permissions were turned down previously on the basis that there was no capacity in the wastewater treatment plant system. With the new developer-led proposals that went through Cabinet in the last number of days, we will see a significantly increased population. We want the services in those towns to service that population level when it comes in. Therefore, I would welcome an opportunity to sit down and meet that HSE team to make sure we progress and secure the funding to deliver these much-needed projects. I thank the Tánaiste.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-05