Dr. Vida Hamilton:

We very much welcome the increase in ICU capacity that will bring us more in line with OECD norms and will allow us to deliver the appropriate level of care to patients. Supporting that, we have the critical care programme and a very strong critical care nursing training infrastructure to ensure that we have a continuous supply of appropriately trained staff as those beds open. We are also working very closely with the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland and the national doctors training and planning in workforce planning from the medical side also.