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

We are also looking for an elective hospital in Cork that seems to keep being pushed down the road. Again, it is about growth in population, not only in Cork but in the entire Munster region. More and more referrals are being made to Dublin because of the fact that we are not developing outside of Dublin. We are putting €2 billion, in real terms, into the development of paediatric facilities in Dublin and we are doing nothing outside of Dublin. That needs to be dealt with.