Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. He mentioned University Hospital Limerick. I note that University Hospital Limerick consistently has the highest number of people waiting on trolleys. The average number waiting on trolleys for this month alone is 56. It is double the number for the next worst hospital in the country on a daily basis. I get representations, I am sure like every other Deputy, including the Minister himself, on the trolley numbers and the experience that people have waiting for admission. I have had cases where people have had to bring food to their relatives while waiting on trolleys, because they were not being offered sustenance while they were there. What has happened in Limerick and elsewhere is a cart-before-the-horse reconfiguration.

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