Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is nothing in the Minister of State's response that I have not seen before. There is nothing in his response that helps anybody in Dooradoyle who is on a trolley. As I said earlier, we have the worst trolley crisis in history. It has been ongoing for years in Limerick. I think I will be standing here next year talking about the same thing. Nothing in the Minister of State's response will help people. We hear about how it is sometimes so overcrowded that the relatives of elderly patients on trolleys are not allowed to stay in the accident and emergency department so they have to leave before their relative is even admitted. We heard today that they are not getting any hot meals while they waiting and some are waiting for 20, 30 or 40 hours. A huge number of these people are older people. I need far more than the Minister of State's response and I ask that he forward my comments to the Minister with the request that the Minister stop ignoring my emails to him and arrange a meeting with me to discuss this matter.

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