Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion
1:30 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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I am sorry to interrupt again, but how much of that can the HSE deliver in a year? The public and many members here and elsewhere are anxious to ascertain how long it will take. We hear every year that we are getting a step further but all we are doing is chasing after the wagon. Is it possible to identify precisely what is needed at least to hold the problem without all of these emergencies, patients on trolleys all over the place, and patients on long waiting lists? What can the HSE do in one year?