David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

They are important and we need more beds. However, we also need surgical theatre capacity, more staff, diagnostic capacity, more community infrastructure, more GPs and more out-of-hours services. Many ingredients are required to solve or address the problems in emergency departments. There is demand for those services. I accepted earlier that the surge in demand is coming from the multiple illnesses that are circulating. That would put pressure on any service. I accept that is a challenge that drives additional demand. How many funded beds were there at the start of 2021, 2022 and 2023? I do not know if any of the witnesses have those figures.