Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I wish I could answer the Deputy's political question.

I want to discuss the decision-making in the months leading up to Christmas week and the trolley crisis. We are dealing with this issue today and we deal with it every year. In researching for this session, I found articles on the trolley crisis from every year. It is worth saying that. We often make these decisions around age cohorts and we just heard about home care for older people. I have received a lot of queries in my constituency around children's services in Temple Street and Crumlin hospitals and the availability of D Doc. With the roll-out of the winter plan, what decisions are made in terms of activating GP hours and out-of-hours services? What happens in the general winter plan and what changed on 22 December?

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