Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The emergency department task force, which is co-chaired by the HSE and the INMO, warned this week that we could have another winter with RSV, Covid-19 and other respiratory challenges. Given everything the Minister has said and offered, and everything in the pipeline, is he considering specific targets? He does not have to mention those targets on the floor of the Dáil but is he considering targets on a month-by-month basis, leading into the winter, and the reduction he wants to see in emergency department waiting lists? Is he considering the matter in those terms or is he hoping the investment that is going in will deliver results? What sort of planning and target setting are being done to combat the trolley waiting lists?

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