Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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370. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which each of the recommendations of the emergency department task force report has been implemented, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Emergency Department Taskforce (EDTF) was convened in December 2014 to provide focus and momentum in dealing with the challenges presented by ED overcrowding. The EDTF Implementation Group, is co-chaired by the HSE Director General and the INMO General Secretary and meets on a regular basis to oversee implementation of the ED Taskforce Action Plan and monitor ED performance.

The HSE also provides the Secretariat for the EDTF and therefore I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly to provide an update on the status of the recommendations of this group.