Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I remind members to try to focus on the emergency departments as that is the focus of today's meeting. I understand that people may drift off to other issues but I ask them to focus on that.

On the move made by the UHL management team, the committee wrote to management at the time and we got a response. Members of the UHL management team are not here today and cannot respond in regard to this matter, but I am sure if they were here, they would say they are on the ground in the hospital and going around the wards. There was a response from the team in that area explaining why it had moved up the road and that the move was not impacting on staff, particularly in acute services. I call Deputy Shortall.