Mr. Liam Woods:

It relates to treatment locations and may involve the provision of beds, suites for service or day facilities. The main shift in service has been a move from stay care to day care. There are now over 800,000 day care cases and 640,000 inpatient cases. A big shift is taking place which Sláintecare has assessed. It very recently concluded that there was a need for more capacity and also for care to be provided more outside hospitals.

To answer the Deputy's other question, when we carry out audits and there are recommendations, they are taken on board and implemented by local management and clinical directors. The two issues we are discussing simultaneously are increased capacity and ensuring compliance. Deputy Louise O'Reilly put it well when she said one could think of it as time in attendance such that consultants were in the space in which we needed them to be in accordance with their contract------