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

To be clear, nobody is suggesting that GPs are not doing enough. What I am suggesting is that, particularly when it comes to our younger patients and children under the age of 18, the reports I am receiving of people sitting in the accident and emergency department in Temple Street or wherever it might be for up to 12 hours are simply unacceptable. If you have a child who is not drinking water, for example, 12 hours is incredibly dangerous. We experience this every year. One of the articles I came across was from 2019 and detailed a Member of these Houses sitting in an accident and emergency department for a similar length of time. It just does not stand up. Mr. Mulvany is asking whether the HSE could have acted earlier. I do not understand why it was 22 December but I would love to.

What was the data point that led the HSE to act on 22 December?