Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The challenge is wider because it is not just acute beds; it is primary care, community care, inpatients and outpatients. This is exactly what the winter plan seeks to do. It is being produced several months early, it will be the most comprehensive winter plan that has ever been launched and, because of the costings involved, as I am sure the Deputy will appreciate, it will not be cheap. It will require discussion by the Government-----