Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy asks a question and then he cannot shut up and has to keep talking. The Deputy made the point there is no sense of urgency here.

Last December the Minister for Health convened an emergency task force to deal with unacceptable delays in people getting into the system and being discharged. An extra €25 million was made available for that. In addition, a range of other measures have been put in place. Some 900 additional transitional beds have been provided for this year on a temporary basis. In January 500 transitional care beds were funded in private nursing homes and a further 400 in February to assist in the discharge of patients from acute hospitals. Throughout the country 173 short-term public beds are being opened-----

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