David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

No, I think that is an adequate response. That is okay. I want to make one final point on the elective-only hospitals. Obviously, everything that has been said so far on those are sentiments I would agree with. We have had this tension for a long time between scheduled and unscheduled care. The first casualty of higher demand on unscheduled care is elective procedures. They get cancelled and that drives up waiting lists. Obviously, the elective-only hospitals are important therefore. We should look beyond them as well, though. I would certainly be looking at that in terms of future planning for health services. The example of Tallaght was given, which was a very good example because it was like a satellite mini-elective service. It was off site and it worked very well. There is a demand, as Mr. Watt will know, in Limerick, for example, for elective. An argument could be made for Waterford and for other areas. I would hope we would put the elective-only hospitals in place. There are three. We should then look at mini satellite centres that are modelled on the Tallaght example, which has worked well, and see if there is a role for them elsewhere. I think there is and that in turn would help. Is that is something that is being considered or that will be considered?