Cancer Services Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2018

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Ceisteanna (374)

Stephen Donnelly

Ceist:

374. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health his plans for a new cancer centre in County Cork in view of An Bord Pleanála's refusal to grant Mercy University Hospital permission for same; the location in which the new centre will be built; when the centre will be open for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43254/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health

Cork University Hospital is currently the designated cancer centre for the south-west region. The proposed new building in Cork is a project undertaken by the Mercy University Hospital Foundation; my Department has had no role in the development of this project.