Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Many people have been avoiding attending hospital. There are also people whose appointments have been cancelled and medical staff who are unavailable to work, especially in the private hospital system. People attend the private hospital system for necessary procedures which are important to their future health. To what extent are people who wish to attend and are willing to go to hospital, who require medical care that they had previously been getting through the private system, being provided for in any sense? Does Mr. Reid know the number of people who are being denied medical care as a result of large sections of these hospitals being empty?