By Dan Walsh
The future of the vacant former health centre in Camolin was raised at the April meeting of Gorey Kilmuckridge Municipal District Council meeting and it has been the subject of a parliamentary question from Fianna Fáil TD for Wicklow-Wexford, Deputy Malcolm Byrne.
Deputy Byrne was informed that of the 234 vacant properties in the control of the HSE as of February 28th, 2025, 93 are deemed “surplus to requirement” and in various stages of disposal.
Some 38 of the 234 vacant properties are under review by the HSE, meaning they are being considered for retention, reuse or disposal.
The figures were released by the HSE in response to a parliamentary question from Deputy Byrne, who stated he is frustrated over the level of vacant properties held by the HSE and the “slow pace at which they are dealing with these unused assets”.
Deputy Byrne said; “For over 11 years, for example, there has been a fine building in Camolin left vacant – it used to be a health centre – and every effort to get it back into use has failed because of HSE inaction.”
The health centre, or the dispensary as it was also known, in Camolin has been vacant since closure in 2014. What happens next?
“It also raises the wider question of how many vacant properties owned by State bodies are lying empty around the country,” said Deputy Byrne.
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