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

If one takes the elective hospital issue which I am raising here, we are ten months on and we have no decision. We are now talking about a completely different budget to what we were talking about ten months ago, and we still do not get an explanation as to why it is taking so long. Some clarification needs to be given as to why projects are taking so long.

I am aware of another project, which is about ophthalmology care, where the building has been sitting idle for the past six months but adequate funding to fully equip and staff the facility has not yet been provided. Why does all of this happen? We have made a decision that we need to improve a service but when we take that decision towards its implementation stage, it is just not happening fast enough. How does the Secretary General believe we can change that?