The people of Cashel lost their medical services in Our Lady's to Clonmel back in the 1980s. They have been waiting and waiting for a new 60-bed community unit in Cashel. We expected it to be started at this stage, but, hey presto, the authorities decided the site was not big enough at St. Patrick's Hospital. We all believed it was. Now the authorities are supposed to be searching for a new site. Where are the plans and at what stage is the new community nursing home for Cashel? Cashel and south Tipperary, and indeed parts of west Waterford, deserve a proper community nursing home for their elderly and infirm.

I thank the Deputy for his question. As he will recall, in 2016 the then Government put in place a system to rebuild 90 CNUs the length and breadth of the country. Forty-eight of these have been completed. The one in Clonmel, which the Deputy visited with me recently, will be completed by the end of the year. On the one in Cashel, the estates section is currently considering a site. We want an appropriate site that is suitable. What I can guarantee is that there will be a new CNU in Cashel. It is in the capital plan. The challenge at the moment is determining an appropriate site. As soon as I have information, I will let the Deputy know.