Dáil debates
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Accident and Emergency Services.
1:00 pm
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
I asked the Tánaiste whether she thinks the state of emergency in accident and emergency services will continue for the foreseeable future. What does she consider to be an acceptable number of patients on trolleys? When will she declare the state of emergency to have come to an end? What is an acceptable number of people on trolleys? I think the Tánaiste said at one time that it was not acceptable for anybody to be on a trolley. At what stage will she declare that the state of emergency is finally finished? Can we expect it to continue for the next 12 months, until the general election? When the Tánaiste published the ten-point plan, she said we would see tangible results in 2005, but the problem has got much worse since then. When will we see the results of the ten-point plan?
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