Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
Six even. That is good, and they will all have specialist nurses with them, so there have been great advances. Neurosurgery is different. That would not be happening in a place like Limerick. That is a tertiary centre issue, that is, Cork and Dublin, predominantly, but, yes, it is a growing demand. That is why I made the point I made at the start of the committee meeting. The departure the Minister has taken for next year is a phenomenal milestone in terms of making sure regions have some agency in coming up to the level of consistent standard across the country, rather than my saying to someone, "You are getting two posts to do that and that is all you can do with them." Those days are gone. It is a fantastic approach to moving towards what a population needs, and we will all have to take a bit of risk with it.
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