Mr. Liam Woods:

The key challenge for us is the demand for emergency care through the emergency department, which is by far the largest element of demand for inpatient care within our system. What happens that demand as we move towards winter is the key determinant of that. We have had to constrain elective capacity for reasons of pandemic and we have also seen a fall-off in emergency attendances. As they return, and they are returning - those figures are rising which is a good thing - we have to plan on the basis that we need to retain some empty space to allow for safe care provision within hospitals. When we look to the future - the Deputy asked what the recommendations around that are - we must say what we need to do and what we recommend to keep the system at an 80% occupancy across the full system-----