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

In fairness, there is also a proposal for a new elective hospital for Cork which has not progressed by a single inch in the past five years. We are focused very much on the capital side, and rightly so because there is a need for development and a new children's hospital. However, everything else appears to be parked. I am concerned now that paediatric services in Cork will also be parked and we will not get what we require. We will be unable to keep consultants if the facilities are not there. We will not keep the nursing staff and we will not have the facilities we require.