Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)

When is a decision likely to be taken on that? The population of the country has grown by 40% and the demand for rehab has likewise grown, but we have not grown the number of available beds. Therefore, people are occupying hospital beds because they cannot be transferred. For example, the patient I am referring to, a young person who suffered a stroke, has been in CUH for five months when, after a month, he could have been transferred to a rehab facility.