Dr. Colm Henry:

We have a theatre enhancement programme on which we work in partnership with the RCSI, which looks at all of our hospital groups. The programme examines current utilisation, available utilisation and unused utilisation. This is channelled through to waiting list initiatives. Through this partnership, we have identified significant unused capacity. I would note that there is great variation between hospital sites. This unused capacity can be used for waiting lists. This work is ongoing and it is delivering us information on potential-----