Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending. I am looking at the documentation we have, including the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, and I thank the witnesses for the briefing note they furnished also. We also have our own summary. I am trying to understand the big picture before we get into the little picture.

We have been told that there were 247,000 surgical procedures in 2012, the year of the report. Accident and emergency services accounted for 49,000 of these or approximately 20%, with inpatient services accounting for 61,000 or 25% and day surgeries accounting for 137,000 or 55%. This is the summary of the chart received by the committee. I presume these are the ballpark figures.