Question from Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin - PQ 6889-26

To ask the Minister for Health if the primary health care centre in Arklow has been leased to the HSE for a 30-year period ( GP partner in Bradshaws Lane Surgery, Arklow, a seven-doctor practice with over 6,000 patients across Arklow, Gorey, Avoca and surrounding areas, which currently has a closed patient list due to lack of space and urgently requires additional accommodation to expand capacity.); the process by which primary care providers may lease space within the centre; if she will assist in progressing an expression of interest submitted by a primary care provider who has sought to lease space but has been unable to secure a response to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.