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

First, Fianna Fáil was not in power for the last decade. The Deputy consistently says that even when we were at 20 seats. She equates 20 seats with being in power. That is just an aside. It is immaterial and irrelevant. She keeps on with the propaganda and, really, we do not need that now in the middle of a pandemic of this sort.

On intensive care unit, ICU, beds, there has been a 25% increase since March. There were 225 ICU beds in March; we now have 282 fully staffed beds, which is an extra 57 with a further 17 in the winter plan with the staff available for that. With the surge capacity that was achieved in the first phase it went to 370 ICU beds. The HSE says it has the capacity-----

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