John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It seems that there is not any aspect of the health service that is not in crisis. Older people are being sent home with promised care hours and care packages that never materialise. Management is dealing with waiting lists in hospitals. Patients are again being asked to queue on trolleys. Yesterday, Deputy Lowry raised an issue I raised previously about ambulance services. Patients in Tullow and Kilkenny had to wait six hours for an ambulance. When will the Government engage with the management of the HSE and the Department of Health to ensure that all of this stops and that the pressure and stress that front-line workers are under will be relieved by the actions that we take?

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