Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Then the Deputies are not being told the truth. I will be happy to inform them if they care to listen.

We move people on trolleys up to the wards to reduce overcrowding in accident and emergency departments but they are counted in the figures. The HSE figures that are produced include people on trolleys on ordinary wards. This is not being done to massage figures because they are in the figures.

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