Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-23
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I come from the region and I am well aware of the position. The projects are now coming on stream. The lack of ready-to-go projects in respect of certain hospitals has been a cause of concern for me. That is why we are looking at a faster method in the context of getting projects delivered. We are saying that we will build more facilities and increase the number of beds. We are going to do this and it will be additional to the unprecedented 1,000 beds provided since 2020. We did not experience a similar expansion in the number of hospital beds in any recent decade.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-23