Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 905: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a ticketing system in overcrowded accident and emergency departments here would eliminate some of the confusion and panic which currently exists within these departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2584/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department has asked the Health Service Executive to consider the Deputy's suggestion in the context of its management of Accident and Emergency services. The Deputy will appreciate that a triage system operates in A & E departments to ensure that patients are prioritised on the basis of clinical need.