Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is a steady-state issue, though. What we are seeing is access collapsing over a relatively short period, whereas the demographics have been tipping along for some time. What has happened for access to collapse at the same time? The extra €5 billion that has gone into the system in the past four years comfortably covers demographics, so the funding is more than in place to deal with the demographics. Does Ms Magahy have a sense of what else is happening that we are seeing such a collapse?