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

It is on money spent. When Mr. Gloster and Mr. Watt were before the committee the general consensus was that additional beds are needed. The political will is there, including on the part of the Minister, to try to speed up this process. We all expressed a general frustration with the slow pace of the process. The Minister mentioned planning and so on but we all know of projects where there will be no problem with planning or impacts on the hospital footprint and so on. It is just a question of whether we can go from that agreement to the next step of giving those projects the go-ahead. At that meeting, general frustration was expressed by everyone. Collectively, we need to get this sorted. I therefore welcome the Minister’s statement that he is seriously looking at trying to address the issue. Does Deputy Durkan want to contribute again?