Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have two plans. After years of failed policies of reducing the number of hospital beds, we are going to increase the number of hospital beds in the health service so there is an adequate number of beds. That is why we fully funded the bed capacity review to provide 2,500 more acute hospital beds. Second, we are going to build three elective-only hospitals - one in Dublin, one in Galway and one in Cork. Those two measures together will help reduce cancellations significantly.

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