John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the record number of people now on trolleys, giving rise to what the IMO calls our worst ever accident and emergency crisis, due in part to the winter vomiting bug, and the need now for the Tánaiste to make a statement to this House about the setting up of a new unit in the HSE to deal with the accident and emergency crisis, how she intends to implement the ten-point plan and if she will finally recognise that the real problem here is the lack of capacity in terms of acute beds and beds in the community.

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