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Inishbofin healthcare centre delayed over cofunding
Galway Bay fm Newsroom
The community on the island of Inishbofin will have to wait for a new healthcare centre until a deal over funding is agreed.
The issue was raised in the Dáil this week by Fine Gael Galway West T.D Seán Kyne.
He said the current centre is in a poor state and the community has been waiting for a new facility for the past decade.
Planning permission was granted for a new building in 2008, but the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht wouldn’t agree to co-fund it.
Deputy Seán Kyne asked Minister of State at the Department of Health, Alex White, when locals on Inishbofin can expect a new healthcare building