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

I will move on to the issue of the elective hospital. I understood - it was said here by the Minister for Health a number of months ago - that we would expect to be going for planning by October 2023. However, we do not even have a design team appointed. Even if we appoint a design team at the end of January, when can we expect to have a design for the new elective hospital? When are we really talking about going to planning? We were actually told - I have the record of it inside here - by the Minister that we would be going for planning in October 2023.