Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Accident and Emergency Departments: Department of Health and Health Service Executive
9:30 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
The answer to that is "Yes", localised recruitment is agreed and is happening. As I have said before, if this situation continues absolutely nothing will be ruled out. When the things we have done in the last week and a half come to fruition they will make a further significant inroad into the numbers of persons on trolleys, which we intend to sustain. If we experience adverse events, however, be it a spike in 'flu or whatever, we will then respond accordingly. There is absolutely nothing ruled out in terms of that response.
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