Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When it became apparent that a lot of money would be paid for capacity that would not be required, which is a testament to the work done by the general public and the fantastic work done by healthcare workers, and that that capacity, and cognisant, as I am sure Mr. Breslin is every day of the week, of the hundreds of thousands of people who are on waiting lists, was any plan B put in place? I am specifically referring to the period between the announcement and the signing of the deal. In that week, was any consideration given to the possibility that we might not use all of the capacity and making a plan B available to ensure it was utilised? This morning, representatives of doctors and consultants were very clear in their belief that there was no plan B and that the plan was only to secure the capacity but not necessarily to make full use of it? Was any thought given to a plan B in terms of us not using the capacity?