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

When it comes to the imponderables, the floating targets as it were, we should still be in a position to project what the requirement is much more accurately than we do. Other health services in other countries do so to a greater extent than we do. I would like a quick response to that. Are we not competing? Are we not capable of catching up? Are we not capable of projecting the likely threats adequately?