Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to be clear that I absolutely have not said anything like that. I would not like what I am saying to be misrepresented. I am saying we need more operating theatres, outpatient facilities and day case facilities and, on the Deputy's point, we certainly need more inpatient beds. We are completely aligned on that. The only question is where one puts those inpatient beds. Should they be put with an elective hospital - the recommendation from the Sláintecare team is that they should not be - or should they be put with the current model 4 hospitals, which deliver more complex care?