Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Health has submitted a view regarding the total number of beds needed in the coming period.

He has put forth his views on many costs in respect of the health service, which include beds but also deal with our position from the perspective of primary care centres and our needs - for example, how we fund a new national maternity hospital. I have an array of different health sector and other costs coming in and I am now working with many Departments to try to finalise what those costs are and assess what costs we are able to afford and deliver across the coming years.

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