Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the urgent need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to take measures to reduce the number of patients on trolleys in this State, which currently stands at 209 people. A total of 12 patients are lying on trolleys today in Tallaght Hospital in my constituency. In a wealthy country, the fact that a single patient must endure hours and sometimes days on a trolley is unacceptable, not to mention that a few hundred patients must do so. I again call on the Tánaiste to deliver on her promises after 18 months in office.

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