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

We do not even know how many people were on trolleys in those days because the then Government would not count them. The Deputy was also a member of the Government which took a policy decision - and not on the basis of financial considerations - to reduce the number of hospital beds significantly. He started that policy during the boom and continued on with it. We reversed the decision in 2014, as soon as we had the money to do so. The Deputy should get off his high horse when it comes to this matter.

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