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

The number of patients on trolleys this morning was 326. That is a 20% reduction on this time last year. We know from January that the numbers were at their lowest for maybe three years. It looks like it may be the same for February's figures. Due to the actions taken by Government overcrowding is, thankfully, going down although nobody is denying for a second that it is far too high. Those actions include additional bed capacity and investment in primary care. I gave an answer to Deputy McDonald on that particular project yesterday.

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