Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

With due respect to the Minister, we cannot live on hope. It is a fact that people present themselves at accident and emergency units. What exactly will change? When people present at accident and emergency units they require treatment or to be dealt with in some fashion. If accident and emergency service hours are being cut back in some hospitals, how will they cope with the numbers of people presenting? The numbers of people presenting next year will not be reduced next year because the Minister has decided she would like them to. What exactly will happen?

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