Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Can I stop Mr. O'Brien there for a moment. I agree with him about that and we are part of the Dáil and we know that. Is the budget that the HSE receives sufficient to deliver the service or is it inevitable collateral damage that patients are sitting on trolleys for two or three days in hospitals in Galway? On occasion, it varies up and down but we can accept that it could be two days on a trolley. We can take any hospital. I do not wish to be parochial. What is happening with this funding? Does the HSE just accept it? I am not in any way laying blame, I am asking. Does it upset Mr. O'Brien that he has this budget and yet there are people in those situations? I use Galway as an example. There are huge waiting lists, one MRI scanner in a centre of excellence and so on. It could be any hospital. How does Mr. O'Brien-----