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

We can employ all the consultants we like but at the end of the day, there will be an issue with having facilities available for them to deliver a service. If consultants do not have access to theatres, they cannot do many procedures. Where are we now on the whole issue of elective hospitals? I know we are at the design stage. When will we have designs available for the elective hospitals in Galway, Cork and Dublin? Where are we in that regard?