Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have met her a number of times. She is providing very good leadership and has put in place an action plan for the hospital. Since putting it in place, and as the Deputy will have noticed in the trolley figures for recent weeks, there has been a significant improvement. She needs to be supported by everyone working in the hospital and the clinical community. I did not think that opening a new emergency department would make all of the trolleys go away, but I did believe that putting additional nursing staff into the hospital and increasing its budget would create a benefit.