Commitments were made to the healthcare service in the programme for Government. I am speaking on behalf of healthcare workers in Kerry. I am referring to the people who work in kitchens, healthcare assistants, nurses, doctors and consultants in hospitals such as Caherciveen and in Killarney town, where we need new community hospitals, and University Hospital Kerry, where we need more beds to cater for the ever-increasing number of patients who attend that hospital. Those excellent people are under tremendous personal pressure in trying to do their work every day. They put their hearts and souls into their commitment to their jobs. I ask HSE management, I am specifically talking about HSE management in Cork, to realise the people in Kerry are working extremely diligently in trying to deliver a proper healthcare service. We need more assistance from those in management. I want them to realise there is more to the healthcare service in that area than just Cork. Kerry exists and I want to make sure the Taoiseach, the Minister for Health and the managers in the HSE remember that.

I would say the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, is very familiar with Kerry.

We remember every July that Kerry exists.

I can assure the Deputy there is no neglect of Kerry or no desire to neglect the facilities in Kerry. He mentioned some community hospitals about which he is concerned. We are currently undertaking a programme of refurbishment of them. There are 90 community hospitals. We have committed by 2021 to have them refurbished and brought up to standard. Many of those are in Kerry. There is a budget this year of €220 million to ensure that happens. I can guarantee the Deputy there is no neglect of the facilities in Kerry.