Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I just wanted to give the Deputy the most up-to-date operational details as provided by the HSE for the number of critical beds available. There is ongoing work on procuring additional capacity on an initiative-by-initiative basis in terms of the private sector capacity to make sure we can get some elective procedures done and that elective procedures are not suspended as a result of overcrowding in the emergency departments and trauma departments.

I intend to engage with all concerned, in particular, in the mid-west. If one looks back over the past two years, there have been without question ongoing pressures on the mid-west, and particularly University Hospital Limerick.

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