Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I heard some of the comments that were reported yesterday. As I have said before at this committee, I do not want to get into splitting hairs about numbers because fundamentally, whatever the relevant number was in Limerick yesterday, it is a serious concern. I do not agree with all of the numbers or how they were commented on. There were approximately 40 people on trolleys who were admitted in the emergency department yesterday. Approximately 18 more were in dedicated spaces, which I consider very appropriate. There were approximately 40 more elsewhere. There was serious pressure that has started to ease a little this morning. I have been in touch with the operational management team to see what additional assistance we can give to those in Limerick hospital and Letterkenny hospital, which has also been the subject of commentary in the past week. We are working hard.