Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)

I will move on to the issue of cost savings and, for example, situations where it is clearly identified, within either a hospital or the health service, that there is a need for change in a particular area. I will provide an example. The Minister of State, Deputy Murnane O'Connor, is here. There is an issue with the integrated homeless hub in Cork. I had a meeting in the Department on 8 October 2024. Thirteen months later, the HSE has still not made a decision. We have 600 people in Cork who are homeless and who have no place to go during the day. Many of them end up in the hospital services. This was proven when the supervised injection facility on Merchant's Quay in Dublin was opened. There have been 120 adverse events there since the facility was opened on 22 December last year. All of those were treated within the centre. Likewise, in relation to a homeless hub, there is a proposal that the HSE will provide support for people. Therefore, it would keep people out of the hospital system. Where there is clear evidence that there will be savings to the HSE and the health service, why does it take so long for a decision on moving forward with a project to be made??