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

I am afraid I have not seen the plan but I certainly look forward to taking a look at it. I have visited the hospital on many occasions. Obviously, we will consider positively any plans that a hospital has to expand its services. One of the difficulties we often run into when we allocate additional resources for staffing is that hospitals often struggle to find those staff, given the international shortage of health skills. As the Deputy knows, we have expansion plans to provide more beds. Around 1,000 more have already been provided since the Government took office.

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