Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is during the acute phase that this happens. That is what happens in Cork North-Central, in Tipperary and in other areas where this has been rolled out. This is not something that has been done without history and practice to back it up.

I do not understand why the Deputy thinks that only 10% of the teams are in place. Off the 44 teams, 32 are in place. On Deputy Keaveney's point regarding the additional staff that are necessary to implement this, 64 was number made in the business case and 64 is the number that is being allocated. Almost all of them are in place and the rest are being recruited. That is the business case that was made to us and that is what we are doing. I do not have the information with me but I have gone over this numerous times in regard to Ballinasloe and I do not mind doing so because I went through it in terms of Clonmel and I will go through it in terms of a certain part of Cork. The same argument will made, namely, how was the assessment done, what was the analysis and what was the outcome. I stand over the conclusion of the expert group because I have spoken to the members of it time and again. I spoke to one of the members about it in Stewarts Hospital three weeks ago and I again went over all of this. I stand over this.

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