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

I did not say anything about this being a temporary issue. In fact, I specifically acknowledged that many of our emergency departments are very crowded all year round and that has, unfortunately, been the case for a very long time. However, the specific issue relating to the children's hospital is because of an outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, RSV, and the norovirus in the past couple of days. That has had the impact it has had and will come to pass.

The solutions that I have put forward are exactly the ones that Sinn Féin supports. There is not a significant difference in our health policies.

See this speech in context