Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Cullinane. Can I give the Deputy the critical care capacity first? The HSE and the clinicians are strongly focused on the figures for surge capacity for Covid-19. As we know, before Covid-19 arrived the critical care bed capacity in our system was 255 beds. This is 204 intensive care beds in ICU and an additional 51 high dependency unit beds, HDU. At the height of the surge, the capacity for critical care beds was approximately 500. As of this morning the total capacity in critical care beds is 302 beds.