Fourteen new Primary Care Centres are to be built across Ireland following a new EUR 70 million 27-year loan from the European Investment Bank. The loan benefits from support from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Commission's EUR 315 billion Investment Plan. The new Primary Care Centres are to be built in western Ireland in Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo and Galway, in Limerick, in Waterford, Tipperary and Wexford in the south, as well as Kildare and Dublin. Commissioner Phil Hogan, responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development, said: "The EIB loan to build 14 new primary care centres across Ireland was made possible by support from the Investment Plan for Europe. This new, large-scale investment project will improve patient care and create jobs across the country. This is very good news for Ireland, and demonstrates in a very concrete way the added value European investment can bring to local development.
