I wish the boys in green the very best of luck against Italy this evening. The entire nation will be cheering them on and we are all hoping for success.

We are all familiar with the phrase "your health is your wealth". It is important that those in need of medical assistance receive it in an appropriate and convenient environment. It is in that context that I refer to primary care centres. In 2012 the then Minister for Health, now Senator James Reilly, announced 35 primary care centres throughout the country. The progress made, as outlined in a written reply in December 2015, in providing the primary care centres the Government had promised just three years earlier could be described as poor at the very best. One of the primary care centres which in 2012 the then Minister had committed to building was to be located in Crumlin-Drimnagh in my constituency. The reply received on that primary care centre was, "Planning not completed in timeframe for PPP". This explanation was shocking, that the Government would commit to building a primary care centre and allow a situation where the planning would not be completed in the timeframe for a public private partnership. That is unacceptable and the residents of Crumlin and Kimmage are not alone. A primary care centre was also promised in Knocklyon and Rathfarnham and, again, the explanation for the fact that the project had not progressed was, "Planning not completed in timeframe for PPP". When communities are promised something as important as a primary care centre, it should be honoured, or the basis in not proceeding should be much better than the fact that planning was not completed in a certain timeframe. It should not be the case that such announcements are made as a public relations stunt for the relevant Minister or Department and then forgotten about. I call on the Minister for Health to review the commitments made in 2012, provide for an honest appraisal of the progress made, say what progress he expects to be made in the coming years and which of the primary care centres announced in 2012 will be progressed.