'Mind-blowing' delay for new Cork hospital as crucial documents not delivered for eight months

The business case for the new hospital was delivered to the Department of Health in January but not passed on to the Department of Public Expenditure until September
'Mind-blowing' delay for new Cork hospital as crucial documents not delivered for eight months

Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central Colm Burke declared as 'mind-blowing' the fact a decision on Cork’s elective hospital will not now be made before November. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins 

Crucial documents needed for the development of a new elective hospital in Cork were delayed by eight months, it has emerged.

The Department of Health came in for stinging criticism at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after the news was confirmed.

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