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

What should be done? For instance, in one of the places where we need an new elective hospital, it took nearly five years to identify a site. We have now identified a site and I am still being told by the Department that it will take a further 17 steps before we go to planning. There must be some way of expediting that. If we want to deliver a public health service, why does it take so long to deliver the infrastructure that is required? This is an issue that needs to be looked at as well.