Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-02
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

Yesterday, Mr. Fintan Hourihan, chief executive of the Irish Dental Association told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health that he found it profoundly worrying that a decision was made to cancel the building of a new dental school and dental hospital in Cork. A new dental school and hospital would bring a multiplicity of benefits. Number one, it would be a big improvement on the current dilapidated, 40-year old building on the CUH campus. Number two, it would increase capacity for treatment at a time of long and growing waiting lists. Uimhir a trí, it would increase capacity for more graduates at a time when they are badly needed. Number four, it would free up space at an increasingly crowded CUH campus. There is still an existing planning permission in place at a greenfield site in nearby Curraheen but it runs out in August. This underlines the need for urgent action. My question is-----

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Sitting date: 2024-05-02