Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I cannot blame staff in the emergency department in Limerick because they go above and beyond to do what they have to do. A trolley had been moved twice to get a machine out to cater for somebody else. It was something you should not see anywhere but when you got to where you needed to get to for care, you got excellent care within the hospital system. Having to lean over two or three trolleys to get to somebody to help them is not fair on the staff or patients in that hospital. It is not fair in any work environment. I cannot fault the staff. It must come from the management and the Government to ensure we reopen. I hear what Ms Moran is saying 100%. I will check all of that and ask them why those reports have not been implemented. We have been doing things for years and people have been asking for things for years but they have never changed so maybe we should try something new.