David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This question is on hospital overcrowding and waiting lists. For some time I have been asking for the publication of a multi-annual capacity and waiting list reduction plan. We need to tackle overcrowding in hospitals, cancellations and extreme patient wait times in accident and emergency departments. The figures for December, November and October were particularly high and I will get to that in a second. I ask the Minister to outline what measures will be put in place to expand primary and community care to aid admission avoidance and to speed up rapid discharges from hospitals into community settings.

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