Ms Fiona Brady:

My HSE colleagues here are probably best to answer that. No, I do not believe so. As Ms Keogh Dunne and Mr. Campbell have already said, the unscheduled care activity within the organisation is so unpredictable. It runs at nearly 100% so one cannot predict that but we also cannot leave our patients just sitting and lounging on a waiting list because they will simply deteriorate. The Mater and Tallaght hospitals are very proactive in how they manage their waiting lists and how they use the NTPF funding.