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

There is full planning permission for it. The question is one of where the funding is to come from and how it can be fast-tracked. Obviously, if the go-ahead is given, tenders must be invited and that process, which would probably take six to eight months, got under way. However, if you build a new dental school, you can then look at expanding the numbers being taken in as well as increasing the number of Irish students, people who are living here in Ireland want to do dentistry.