Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are getting this spiel the whole time. I have just said that there are 610 people waiting, hundreds of whom are priority 1. These are people who cannot climb the stairs and do not have downstairs bedrooms or who cannot get into a bath and do not have downstairs wet rooms. Many of us know people in such situations, for example, people with COPD who cannot even attempt to climb stairs, yet all Mr. Doyle is saying is that the Department will examine the situation. Does that mean it will throw in an extra €2 million? That would not even make a dent in the waiting list.