Enda Kenny
Question:237 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the community nursing unit in Birr, County Offaly, has not to date been opened; if the requirement of ?500,000 on an annual basis for staffing will be made available immediately; if the elderly patients currently housed in old unsuitable and obsolete buildings can be transferred to the community unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28198/03]