Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am aware of the issues and I have spoken to the Minister for Health generally in respect of the recruitment issues to see if a resolution can be found more expeditiously on that. I will speak to the Minister again. A very significant investment has been made in Nenagh in respect of the community nursing unit where, I believe, up to €20 million has been allocated to it under the community nursing unit programme. In my view, there can be various debates around this. When we start out with a new community nursing unit if there are no existing staff, one needs additional staff to fully open it up. My own view is that some resolution in the interim should be arrived at. What is being provided on an interim basis is to do with UHL but the unit has been built for a reason as a community nursing unit and I will talk to the Minister again on the issue.

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