Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Did it highlight a lack of flexibility within the service, that we did not fully utilise? We are still dealing with the waiting lists, such as those mentioned at the start. Some 900,000 people are waiting for appointments and 200,000 are waiting for scans. Much of that could have been done by utilising those beds, even though the health system was trying to save them for the awful day that did not come to pass. It just seems crazy that we have such lists.