Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is not meant to be a five-year project. I acknowledge University Hospital Waterford's outstanding lobbying ability on beds there. That will be considered, which is all I can say at this point. I know University Hospital Waterford is looking for more beds and a lot of hospitals around the country are saying they would love to get some of those. The Department and HSE have already done a preliminary assessment and I will have a report on it within the next two weeks.