Mr. Damien McCallion:

We might take them in turn. My colleague, Mr. Canavan, can take Galway in a moment. The overall position, as I said, is that while we have seen a reduction, any patient on a trolley is not acceptable. That is our clear position. We are focused on trying to improve people's experience and the numbers. On those particular sites, and taking Limerick first, a number of measures are in place around capacity-growing. Some are long term in Limerick, and are around two new blocks. In the short term this year, I refer to a virtual ward that would allow us to bring the equivalent of 20 beds into play and an additional 16-bed modular unit to come in before the end of the year. That is matched with trying to look at the flow and the way in which the hospital functions, and, indeed, the wider health community because the solution does not just lie in the hospital. One of our support teams is working with Limerick. In addition, there is ongoing work with Galway. I will ask Mr. Canavan to come in on specific measures there in a moment.

In addition, there is significant investment in staff in Limerick, in nursing, junior doctors and emergency medicine consultants, and in trying to expand the medical assessment units in Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's to a 24-hour basis. An overall plan has been developed to try to improve the situation in Limerick, recognising the pressures there, both in the short and immediate term - we have seen a seen significant increase in resources there - and in the medium and long term in terms of capacity. However, all of that has to be matched on all our sites with trying to take the lessons learned from those sites that are functioning well and trying to transfer that. Each site has its own unique set of challenges, so no two places are the same, but there are lessons being learned.

I mentioned the patient academy earlier. We have had a number of events. The purpose of that is to try to ensure take the learning from places like Waterford, Portlaoise, Tullamore or some of the RCSI hospitals and apply that to other hospitals. It does not necessarily always travel in the same way but all that learning is applied. I will ask Mr. Canavan to speak on Galway specifically.