Ms Eilísh Hardiman:

I am quite happy to lay out the details clearly. The commitment is there. We have identified how we can practically progress this and increase the capacity within both Temple Street and Crumlin, and support the expansion in Cappagh hospital for scoliosis. As I said, we already have eight short-stay beds opening in Temple Street at the end of this month. The new facilities are opening in Tallaght at the weekend. There are short-stay beds in that unit to prevent admissions. These are all developments to try to ensure that patients in the hospital are inpatients who need to be there. We have plans, the detail of which I am happy to go into. The commitment is that we have a task force. I am happy to demonstrate how those plans can actually be progressed and developed once we get approval for funding. We have a lot of things ready to go, subject to our progressing them. We hope to hear positive news about them in the next few weeks.