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

It has not been since the beginning. The point I would make is that the winter initiative is a large and significant initiative and we have to get that delivered and implemented in terms of acute capacity and additional private bed capacity. I agree with the Deputy that the precise procurement and approach to that is an issue. I refer to intermediate care beds, additional access to diagnostics for GPs, community healthcare networks, community specialist teams for older people, and chronic diseases.

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