Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but the HSE has advised the Government and advised on where the location should be. There is an expert committee that has advised the Government that there is a need for three, and that they should be in Dublin, Cork and Galway. That is the nub of what I am asking. Given all the pressures UHL and the surrounding counties are under, who has decided that it does not merit an elective-only hospital? For three or four months I have been trying to get the answer to that. That is the so-called expert advice on which the Government is acting and I want to know who within the ranks of the HSE has recommended that.