Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is saying he received a proposal in September. This is December and it still has not been approved. This is urgent. A site should be specifically set out in the PBC. Why is there a delay in announcing it? It should say where the potential site is. Where is the information for people? I ask that this hospital be based on the north side of Cork. The people of the north side have no hospital. Fianna Fáil closed down the North Infirmary. Fine Gael closed down St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital. I am asking for a full elective inpatient surgery hospital open 24-7 and not the part-time hospital that is being suggested. There are 75,000 people on waiting lists in Cork city and county.

We were promised this hospital before the general election, before the by-election, in 2018 and in 2017. We are being promised and promised. I am asking the Minister a straight question. When will there be an announcement regarding this hospital? Will it be located on the northside of Cork city?

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