Will the Minister provide the funds to enable existing services to continue? Is the Minister aware that one of the hospitals in Cork, which is about the size of the hospital in Tralee, is being given less than half the amount of money being given to the Tralee Regional Hospital? How can the Minister expect a hospital to provide services when funds are not being allocated as they should?

I should like to assure the Deputy that there is a difference between the hospital I believe he is referring to and the major general hospital in Tralee which provides ten more specialities.