Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

The Deputy was asking how the picture has changed over time. The figure on screen, figure 20.4, is showing that the debtor figure at the end of 2011 was approximately €200 million. It was similar in 2012 and 2013, but there was a significant increase in 2014. At the end of the chapter, the debtor days per hospital, which I think is what the Deputy was asking me about earlier, are set out. The graphic shows the age of the private debt by individual hospital. Statutory hospitals are in light blue while the voluntary or section 38 hospitals are in dark blue. The Deputy will see that there is very considerable variation. For Tallaght Hospital, it is approximately 85 debtor days equivalent whereas University Hospital Galway is in excess of 200 days. The next graphic shows the private in-patient debt in hospitals awaiting consultant action. This is a subset of the debt. This is the amount that is awaiting action. If one looks at Connolly, it is in excess of 150 days whereas St. Vincent's in Elm Park is down at about 20, which is what the target is. There is considerable variation across the system.