Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

Will the Minister accept that in trying to increase capacity, 1,900 beds are actually closed in the public health system, as the previous question from Deputy Ó Caoláin showed? People who need treatment will need beds but the capacity is not available. With a reduction of €29 million in the NTPF, how will additional capacity be achieved to deal with the immediate issue of people waiting over three months for treatments?

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