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

I will raise one other issue on infrastructure and its role and have raised this in respect of the elective hospitals. Where are we now with the two elective hospitals for Galway and Cork? Have we still not appointed a design team in both cases and what is the expected timeframe when we will be applying for planning? I was told previously that we will apply and will have planning by October 2023. My understanding is that the design teams have still not been appointed.