Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Members may want to ask more questions. The breakdown of people being provided for under the scheme has 80% in private institutions and 20% in HSE institutions. In the past couple of years, a couple of hundred beds have come out of the system and there is no great plan to increase numbers dramatically; there may even be a few more restrictions, depending on the refurbishments that must take place. With the increasing population, it seems as if the 80:20 split will head to 90% private and 10% public. The HSE must have done some projections on that. The executive is not increasing its capacity but the population is increasing. If the HSE is not providing the extra capacity, it will go to the private sector. Where does the delegation see the split going if it is now at 80:20?