Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was following deliberations from the office, but I was in and out because I had a number of things in the Seanad as well. I thank the witnesses for attending this morning and all the work their staff have been doing every day, but particularly during the Covid period.

The INMO submission on overcrowding states that nearly 7,600 assaults on HSE staff were reported last year, of which 5,800 were physical, 41 were sexual and 1,700 were verbal. Obviously, one assault is one assault too many. Is there a figure with regard to the influence of alcohol? Was alcohol a contributing factor in these assaults? Not that it is in any way an excuse, of course, but I wonder if it is a contributing factor in a percentage of cases.