Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We accept and understand that. We have to build in all the support facilities that are required at the same time. Otherwise, there is no sense in having one part of the accommodation available and a gap for the next part.

If we were to ask Professor McCormack to come back in six months' time, having addressed the issue in the intervening period, could he say to us with reasonable confidence that he could overtake the current acute waiting list? How long would it take?