Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Forgive me.

My focus is on the opening of the hospital, the detail of the work of improving capacity in spinal surgeries, making sure that the posts we have funded are recruited, making sure that communications are substantially improved that people are not let down in that way, and making sure that people can have confidence.

Of course, I will come to the House at the earliest opportunity that I have received the different reports that we are yet outstanding. I cannot speak about them before them because I have not received them and I cannot speculate about what they may contain.

We all share the vision of opening this hospital. We will all be there together in opening the hospital. There is a very serious body of work to be done to make sure that happens and at the same time we need to make sure that we are increasing capacity in spinal services, that the increased capacity that has been given by the Government is being used and realised by CHI and by the surgeons to transform and improve the lives of children with scoliosis and spina bifida in particular.

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