Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The process involved in getting approval for major hospital developments is both contracted and convoluted and includes multiple stages, many times with significant delays at each stage. The reality is these delays make it very difficult to provide good quality services because of overcrowding and inadequate buildings. The second factor often overlooked is that, with building inflation costs running at a high level, the longer the delays, the more it costs the taxpayer and the less we get in results. What steps is the Government taking to reduce the whole process and streamline it so that we actually get things built in this country rather than talking about and planning them forever?

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