Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As I said to the Deputy, there is no hospital in Ireland that has had more additional resources than UHL. It has had a 43% increase in its budget in the lifetime of this Government. That is unheard of. UHL has had an extra 1,2000 staff. That is unheard of. There is no other hospital getting that kind of additional resource. Talking about the consultants, an extra 49 consultants are in place now. I agree with the premise of going back to 2020. I do agree with it. That is why we have invested at the level we have. Even with that investment I want to go further and make sure as we move to the regions that there is balanced capacity-----