Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is also shown in research that the further one lives from a hospital, the less likely one is to be referred to a hospital. There is research supporting that. The nearer one lives to a hospital the more likely one is to be referred to it. A person from Castletownbere in west Cork is not as likely to be referred to Cork University Hospital as a person from Bishopstown who lives close to that hospital.