Ms Bernadette Weir:

That is probably a question for the HSE. There are patients out there who are waiting and they can avail of treatment under the NTPF. They are no longer waiting and in pain. They have a better quality of life through availing of it.

The other point I was trying to make is that we can work with the hospitals to identify the gaps in delivering treatment. In some instances, the gap is that they do not have beds. They do not have a hospital bed for recovering patients so we can arrange funding for consultants to work on a public contract in a private hospital. They are on the payroll in -----