Mr. Liam Woods:

In Limerick specifically, as the Deputy may be aware, 100 additional beds will come into use from mid-year to early January 2021. The 60-bed block will be gradually commissioned from November through to early January, and 24 and 14 bed additions have been made already. We are also looking at work in Nenagh to support further patient activity there. On the acute side, the 60 beds were planned pre-Covid, but are now coming on stream in a very timely way. The other two sets of beds, namely, the 24 and 14 additional beds, are a response within the Covid environment. That is where we are headed in terms of acute capacity. Clearly, the work done in respect of older persons and in primary care in the community will help. There is a very good community intervention team in Limerick opposite the hospital and that is being resourced-----