Mr. Paul Reid:

I appreciate that. The Deputy asked me what developments have been taken on board and I will list a few. The new Nenagh ophthalmology centre has been opened to relieve capacity in the group. There has been expansion of robotic surgery, the perinatal mental health service has improved. There have been developments in community midwifery, the early transfer home service, the clinical and recovery support unit in Nenagh, the vascular hybrid theatre in University Hospital Limerick and a new medical assessment unit in Nenagh. Extra graduate nurses, nurses, clinician and professional resources have been put into University Hospital Limerick and other hospitals in the group, and Mr. Woods can speak more about this. As the Minister has just said, there are other short-term developments on track, including the 60-bed unit.