Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)

How, for example, can a disability service CEO provide the same emergency respite service with fewer hours and staff? For example, St. Michael's House has seen its staffing reduce by 123 under the Croke Park agreement, yet it has to cope with the situation. Will these wonderful transition teams turn up at Beaumont Hospital's accident and emergency department on a Saturday night and immediately whisk all of the patients on chairs and trolleys into beds? Does the Taoiseach now accept that within the next three weeks there could be a crisis in the health service? How will he sort it out with 3,000 fewer staff?

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