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

I will deal with those regional issues. I have a report here from Cork University Hospital which includes a cost-benefit analysis. At a recent meeting, it was indicated to me that nothing is going to be done to upgrade and provide the necessary facilities in Cork for at least another five years. What is the plan? We have now developed outpatient services at Tallaght and Connolly hospitals but nothing has been done in the regions. We are now very much on the back foot in Cork. What is going do be done in that regard?