Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I know that, but I am talking specifically about Cork. We have a problem now in that we cannot physically get people out. We do not seem to have a co-ordinated plan in place for getting out people who have additional needs rather than the normal needs of a nursing home resident. The Minister may not have the answer, but I ask that this issue be looked at. There are at least six beds that I know of that are being jammed up because of the fact that we cannot get people out. That is one issue.

The second issue I want to talk about is the elective hospital. We are talking about putting the surgical hub into CUH. It is chaos there at the moment as regards even simple things. Trying to get in there now is a challenge, and we are talking about putting the new surgical hub in there as well. Is that the right decision in view of what is going on in CUH? There are huge challenges there for staff and management. Should we have been looking at a facility away from CUH rather than in CUH?