Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

On that previous issue, in the context of HSE-funded home care, there is a refusal to bring older people for walks. Where people have dementia, they are being allowed to leave the house unaccompanied because of this refusal to bring people for walks. This is an extremely dangerous decision by the HSE.

Turning to the issue of hospitals now, the crisis there really bubbled up over Christmas. There have been really worrying trends regarding how many people are suffering on hospital waiting lists, in accident and emergency departments, etc., due to the recruitment freeze. It is important that we start to analyse how many people are suffering as a result of this situation and how many people are losing their lives in accident and emergency departments now in this State.

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