Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I am on the board of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. We have completed a new outpatient ophthalmology unit and two theatres are due to be finished by 1 October. My concern is that there is still a huge waiting list. A new unit ophthalmology unit has been built in Ballincollig which will employ 32 people. The problem is that it has not been fully equipped, something which will probably take another six months. A great deal of progress is being made. The issue is tying all of the units around the country together. My understanding from the presentation is that does not appear to be occurring. What kind of sharing of information is going on between the different units around the country?