Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Yes, that is the reality. I know the vast majority of people have access to the health system. It is a good system once people get into it. The problem is getting into it. Circumstances such as those described by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, with 600 people waiting on trolleys, are completely unacceptable. We hear of people waiting an inordinate amount of time to get a basic surgical intervention. That is unacceptable.