Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I thank all of the representatives speaking to the committee today. We are all in agreement that Covid-19 has caused chaos in our health services and continues to do so, no matter who one is.

One of my questions is for the HSE. The procurement of private hospitals over the past seven months has cost the State an astronomical amount of money, nearly €330 million to date. What capacity was used in those private hospitals for diagnostic services? People in the public health system were not being referred at the vortex of the Covid outbreak. What capacity has been used in those private hospitals to date for acute services and cancer services?