Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion

1:30 pm

Photo of Margaret Murphy O'MahonyMargaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief as I am conscious that this meeting has run over time. I thank the guests for attending and for their concise presentations. I have a general question on emergency departments. Does Dr. O'Conor know whether all emergency departments operate a triage policy? If they do, does it operate 24 hours a day? Who oversees or runs it? Does she know how many medical staff, on average, are trainees in the emergency departments? If the percentage is high, does she think it has an effect on emergency departments operating to the necessary standards?

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