David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Before I address the issue of RHAs, which are important and will be a milestone in delivering better healthcare, I will put a question to Mr. Gloster on the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report published this morning. It included a section on hospital beds. He might recall that last week we had a very lengthy discussion on this. I said we need more beds. The report estimates the public system is short by approximately 900 acute inpatient beds and we may need 330 additional beds each and every year just to keep up with demand, demographics and so on. What is Mr. Gloster's opinion on that? Has he read that report?