Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will look into it but I do not share that characterisation. I was in CUH recently. I met with hospital representatives and with Michael Fitzgerald and the team in the community healthcare organisation, CHO. We went out to one of the new community nursing units, which is about to be opened up for dementia patients.

There is a very clear understanding in Cork that there is a problem with delayed discharges across the country. CUH has it, as do many other hospitals. I have asked the acute side and the community side to work closely together to address the exact issues the Deputy has raised. Any and all nursing home capacity that is available must be used. We obviously cannot pay any price-----