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

Why has the overcrowding in hospital emergency departments not seen any significant improvement despite the plethora of announcements made last year, the establishment of the emergency department task force, the move to address the issue of the shortage of nursing homes and the increase and enhancement in the fair deal scheme to move people from an acute hospital setting into community nursing care? Why do we still have a trolley crisis day in, day out, in our emergency departments across the country?

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