Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am saying that in January of this year, by any stretch of the imagination, it has not been a good year in terms of the number of people who are on trolleys, particularly given that it was a central plank in the Minister's policies to drive down the number of people waiting on trolleys in emergency departments. We had a case of 426 people on trolleys on the 6th, 461 on the 7th and 467 on the 8th. Whether they are in the emergency department or in a ward, the fact remains that they are on trolleys and it is not considered good medical practice to have people parked up on corridors throughout a hospital.

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