Stephen Donnelly says children's ICU in Cork 'could have unintended consequences' 

The Minister said that 2023’s health budget for current expenditure is €1.5bn higher than that seen in 2022. Picture: Damien Storan

The Minister for Health has said that while the death of Cork schoolgirl Vivienne Murphy from complications arising from Strep A was “heartbreaking” the introduction of paediatric ICU services in Cork “could have unintended consequences”.

“I will be led by the clinicians on that,” Mr Donnelly told the Oireachtas Health Committee.