Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In view of what has now occurred and given that the population of Cork has increased by more than 120,000 over the last number of years - it has gone from about 410,000 to 542,000 and it is growing - can we now bring forward those timelines? We had to take over two private hospitals, the Bon Secours and the Mater Private, in order to deal with this coronavirus.