Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That would be very welcome in the mid-west region, obviously, but, again, it will not solve the problem tomorrow and for the three critical months we are facing into. I want to know what we are going to do. We need exceptional measures for the next three months because the figures we have seen this year already are simply not acceptable. In June, 1,800 people were waiting on trolleys. The witnesses know it will be worse in October, November and December.