Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the announcement yesterday identifying the sites for the new elective hospitals in Cork and Galway. Is it possible to put in place a new mechanism to fast-track the process for the design, the application for planning and the building of new elective hospitals? This project, from the time the HSE lodged the documentation with the Department of Health, has already taken over 12 months for a decision to be made. I know it has to go through a process but from now on can that process be fast-tracked?

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