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

We are very conscious of the pressures on University Hospital Limerick. Surge plans remain in place and are being activated as needed with the HSE's critical care major surge working group providing support to all hospitals. Very significant funding of €52 million was provided by the Government in budget 2021 to add an additional 66 beds in Limerick and the HSE has advised 42 of these beds are now open, bringing baseline capacity to 297. They include ten additional critical care beds in Limerick, of which six are in new-build capacity. Again, whatever we can do in the immediate term we will do, resource-wise. We accept additional resources will be required at Limerick.

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