Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We did not have much money in the first couple of years and we all know why that was the case. As soon as we had enough money from 2015 onwards in coalition with the Labour Party, we added beds to the hospital system. We have continued that now in the coalition between Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance.

When Deputy was in office, his party took an ideological policy decision even when it had the money to reduce the number of hospital beds. As soon as we had enough money in 2015 and 2016 with the Labour Party, we started adding beds to our hospital system and we have done that even since.

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