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

I have a question about maternity services. Four of the maternity hospitals are now totally computerised, as regards patient admission and the whole of patient management. That is in place for the past five years. We are now talking about doing another hospital this year. There are only 19 units across the country. Why can that not be expedited for the remaining units, because at least then the Department is starting with a base? I know the argument is that we are going to do it with the new children's hospital, but we already have the structure in place for four or five of the maternity hospitals. Why have we not done all 19 units in the past five years?