Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Senator Gavan wrote to me. He has, in quite a melodramatic fashion, practically accused me of misleading the Seanad. The Senator is referring to figures I gave at a debate in this House on 1 February, when I said the number of patients on trolleys at 8 a.m. that morning was eight. Obviously, as Minister for Health, I am quoting the HSE 8 a.m. TrolleyGAR figures. I said that the average, thanks to the extraordinary work of the team at University Hospital Limerick, had fallen to approximately six. I was pretty sure I was correct. I have just checked, unlike Senator Gavan, who clearly did not check anything before making any of the accusations he made.