Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Ms Hardiman and our other witnesses. We had Professor McCormack and Mr. Green with us a short while ago talking about their analysis of the waiting lists and the one thing they both said was that Covid-19 and the cyberattack cannot be blamed for the mess we are in regarding the long waiting list for scoliosis treatments and surgeries. One of the points that I homed in on was that the surgical theatre required for scoliosis surgery two days a week is not used for scoliosis surgery. It sits idle. Could Ms Hardiman account for why that is the case and why the theatre cannot be staffed and opened, as suggested by Professor McCormack and Mr. Green?