I guess the question is where is the most effective places to place these facilities it it in the smaller population centers that aren’t curreny serviced by a local hospital. or is it to place them in the larger population centers that already have hospitals and even regionals in order to take the pressure off these hospitals to deal with critical the cases of a larger area..

Drogheda North?! When did it get split?! It used to be just Drogheda!!

This one is easy. Just figure out where all the ministers new constituencies are and draw a line to the nearest town above.

Am I being over cynical?

we had all this in our local hospital services which were closed in the name of progress, we were told we should have centres of excellence, now they want to put money into recreating our primary care centres. well they don’t have to build anew as the country is full of suitable vacant premises.

The delegates for the Hunger Games.

The minister does not have the support of GPs in many of these areas. Who is going to run these centres ? Or will it be just more offices full of disjointed HSE services ?

This really is neoliberalism gone mad that sick people now have to hope their town puts in the best bid for healthcare services – or as Howlin so charmingly put it, is “first up, best dressed”. Surely such ital, lifesaving services should be provided on the basis of need rather than which towns – or their GPs – can sell themselves best?

If your town is on the list beware as something is on the books to be closed and replaced,keep an eye on the ball and be prepared to take to the streets to protect what your town has at the present tme.

Darndale have a primary health care facility only built a few years ago!!

Ah they will all go to Dublin anyway as usuall!

Does this James Reilly really knows the meaning of PRIMARY CARE after all hr closed our primary emergency care facility one year and ten days ago here in Roscommon when he closed our A+E department and closed it on lies and false figures. I do not trust this imbecile and his partners in government and I will never trust what he has to say. He is a proven Liar

The minister should be congratulated on the inclusion of this development in the National Stimulus Programme. To ensure that both the investors and the patients get true value from such a necessary PPP lets make sure that these are not nine to five practices but truly serve the needs of patients rather than just shuffling them into over stretched A and E facilities. The greatest disservice ever done to the Irish Health Services and to Irish patients was the payment of a capitation fee to general practitioners rather than a fee per patient seen. This rewarded doctors for NOT seeing patients and started the capacity issue in our Hospitals. Let’s see these highly trained doctors incentivised for not referring and for working at night and weekends in these super new facilities.

…So (I suspect) if your town has not been making waves and not protesting they cutting services in your town like old age homes, hospitals and other essential services, you might get rewarded for being a good little boy?

Gee… thanks!

Can someone with a bit more statistical information tell me if the above list of towns features high up on a list or perceived or actual unemployment black spots?

It smells like a vote catching list.

Is that Mary Harney in the picture? Dead ringer. :)

The process of deciding where the primary care centres are built seems to be competitive. Felivering health servuces shouldnt be a competition, it should be based on research and proper assesdment and projection of the populstions needs in each area.This is the
worst type of privatisation/business approach,completrly inappropriate for service delivery. Treating health services as a development/business proposition is disastrous. PPPs do not work, not for housing and not for health. Oh NOOOOOOO!

Mr Reilly Reopen 24/7 A+E in Roscommon and then we will not have travel minimum of one hour and a half to our nearest A+E Department in emergencies

In the interests of fairness and probity, constituencies of Ministers should not be considered for this money.