Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

In respect of the planning of resources between Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford, how would Dr. O'Connell describe the relationship between the two hospitals in their planning for future service provision? We have discussed previously the point that the idea behind establishing hospital groups was not about making patients travel to Cork but about consultants coming to Waterford. From my understanding, this is happening on a very limited basis even where there is a huge vacancy of consultants, as Dr. O'Connell read out earlier, in University Hospital Waterford. Why are we not seeing the throughput of consultants within the group into University Hospital Waterford?