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

A comment was made about people not contacting their GP or going through that route and, instead, calling the emergency services and that there is an increase in that. The acting CEO of the HSE was before the committee and he said there is a belief among some sections of the population that if someone rings 999 and he or she is picked up by an ambulance, he or she will get into the hospital system more quickly. He said that is not the case. Will Mr. Morton comment on that?