Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The hospitals are currently working at 96% capacity, so from a base of, I think, 11,000 inpatient beds, we are at 96% capacity. There is no breakdown of exactly which beds are closed because of staff shortages or infection prevention and control measures. As I am sure the Deputy will appreciate, the hospitals are now balancing an awful lot of different factors, including staffing, safe staffing, new protocols for staffing, and infection prevention and control, but we are at 96% occupancy. The remaining 4% is for a variety of reasons.