Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses joining us today. I will start by focusing on the emergency care services provided by the HSE. I thank the witnesses for the briefing document. The HSE has provided a comparison of the 2022 and the 2019 activities, highlighting an increase in activity. We are well aware of that. On the back of the recent census data, we understand that Ireland's population is set to grow to over 5 million for the first time since 1851. There are also an additional 70,000 refugees who have come to our island in the past number of months. On the HSE targets for reducing the number of patients on trolleys in 2022, will the Accounting Officer give us an outline of how these targets were set and what the current target levels are?