Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon/Galway Claire Kerrane has said that an application for funding for the consultant adult psychiatrist post in the psychiatry of later life (POLL) in the E-Mental Health Hub in Castlerea has been submitted.

The Minister for Health was asked to make a statement on the future of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital.

Talks about forming a new government following the general election are continuing

Deputy Kerrane has repeatedly raised the issue of staffing in the local ambulance service

Pippa Hackett rejected accusations that the Government did not give enough information to the public about the referendums.

Works at the junction in Frenchpark will proceed in January, Deputy Claire Kerrane confirmed this week.