The following motion was moved by Deputy Billy Kelleher on Wednesday, 14 January 2015:That Dáil Éireann: noting:— the deplorable overcrowding being experienced in hospital emergency departments; — the record number of patients waiting on trolleys; — the further delays in scheduled hospital treatments that will result from such overcrowding; and — the failure of the Government and the Health Service Executive (HSE) to adequately prepare for a situation they fully expected to happen;agreeing that:— the overcrowding crisis is causing an intolerable risk and danger to patients; — patient dignity is being compromised; — there are insufficient beds and front-line medical staff to treat the increased number of patients needing admission; and — the crisis is being exacerbated by the number of patients clinically discharged who cannot leave hospital because the Government and the HSE is not providing sufficient nursing home beds or home care support; andcalls on the Government and the HSE to:— immediately provide beds and increased frontline staff so that the overcrowding can be eased; and — restore the number of beds funded under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme to at least the level supported in 2013.

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