Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There have been a number of successes such as the work on chronic illness and the work that has been done on heart failure. There have successes in various parts of the country with the implementation of Sláintecare. The bigger picture here is the infrastructure. I appreciate it is not all about buildings. Some very important work needs to be done on discharge policy etc. I am concerned the last winter plan for the Saolta hospital group did not include any acute beds.

From the comments of Mr. Woods, it appears it could be the same again for the coming winter. It is a concern because we are told there is no physical space to build acute beds in Galway, which seems hard to believe in some ways. Discharge policies must work in Galway because of the issues with the provision of acute beds. Is that a fair point?