I again raise the issue of elective hospitals throughout the country, including in Dublin, Cork and Galway. A key focus for the Government has been their delivery and there have been multimillion euro announcements about them. The issue is that we need to get on and build them. The crisis we have with trolleys and waiting lists is well documented, and these hospitals are required to tackle those waiting lists into the future. Can we please get on with the job in hand and actually deliver those hospitals?

I am a big supporter of the Government's plan to build elective hospitals in Dublin, Cork and Galway to reduce waiting lists. Bearing in mind what Deputy Ó Cuív said earlier, I am realistic and I believe these new elective hospitals will be five or six years in planning, design and building. That is not good enough, so we need interim solutions as well. We already have elective hospitals, for example, Cappagh hospital, the Eye and Ear Hospital, and in Croom, which could potentially do more. There is a very successful surgery hub in Tallaght that has helped to reduce waiting lists dramatically. We need to have a parallel track, including elective hospitals, but it will be close to 2030 before they are up and running, so we need to have other solutions as well.