Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

Some 366 people were on trolleys yesterday, with 34 in Galway, 38 in Drogheda, 31 in St. Vincent's, 27 in Beaumont and 24 in Mullingar. Some 20 people were on trolleys in Wexford before they realised the Minister, Deputy Howlin, was coming down. Additional staff were magicked into the hospital and another ward was opened to get people out of the Minister's way so that it looked nice when he got there. In some ways, that demonstrates the real issue. Behind all the talk of fair care and reconfiguration, reform and special delivery units, accident and emergency units throughout the country are in absolute chaos. None of this spin and jargon can mask-----

See this speech in context