Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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With regard to the timeframe, there is no question or doubt but that there are major challenges in Cork. Should private hospital facilities be lease or otherwise acquired to deal with the long waiting lists in the Cork and Kerry region? Should consideration be given to that?