Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We still have not finalised the regional health areas. It is intended that they will be established next year. There will always be different opinions as to where the boundaries are drawn. We had that with the hospital groups, and we will certainly have it with the regional health areas. The intention is never to suck resources into the biggest hospital in the area; it is to make sure that it happens the other way and that we build functioning networks.

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