- Health and Wellness… building on Castleisland Regional Health Services that already exist • Castleisland is already developing as a Centre for Care, with in addition to the GP services, a Day Care Centre, South Doc Centre, a residential centre for the Mentally Handicapped at Glebe Lodge, a Centre for Acquired Brain Injury, and a Special School for Education of Autistic Children, are in operation. These are supplemented by a new Nursing Home Facility and Primary Care Centre (ready late '22) on the Limerick Rd. The focus now must be to further enhance our capacity and capabilities to cater for an increasing ageing population, • Create a further capacity increase in Nursing Home facilities • Development of Community Hubs for the Elderly within the Town Environ
- Technology Investments Co-ordination with the rest of the Kerry Hub region, Knowledge Triangle and the Agri Tech and Agriculture Region to ensure consistency in planning and development across the county, and to be able to avail of investment opportunities arising from the outputs of the IP/Knowledge Hub and Agri Technology, should Castleisland be the preferred choice of the promoter.
- Knowledge Hub Activities as a Region, with the facilities suitable for Knowledge Hub activities in the shape of the Carnegie Digital Hub, and the Island Point Business Centre, which is capable of housing 150 people we would submit that developments within that stream would not be denied of Castleisland. • Creation of smart-town enablers for Castleisland through the Kerry Digital Strategy, including the Roll out of 1 GB Broadband • The upgrading of the Carnegie Building Sub Structures to further preserve the building and to accommodate remote working in the long term.
- Agri Tech and Agri Food And many existing businesses whose heritage is steeped in Agriculture we would submit that developments within those streams would not be denied of Castleisland.
Additional developments would be speeded by the Creation of an Industrial Estate suitable for the development of a Regional Logistics, Transport, and Industrial Hub. The Town already has a strong presence of national operators in National Broadband Installation, Wind Energy Maintenance, Couriers, Forestry Management, Agri and Farm Relief Services, which list can be further extended by the provision of appropriate designated space. The location of Castleisland, its ease of access and its relatively inexpensive operating costs environment, makes it an attractive location, as is evidenced by the NCT Operator's recent choice of the town as a location, and the pending planning for a substantial storage facility.
Castleisland Chamber would submit that the Industrial Zone effect would be achieved by the designation of suitable tracts of land with easy access to the by-pass
More Public Service Departments to be relocated to Castleisland, where access and parking services are excellent, and where the Library Building and Car Park offer capacity to accommodate the influx.