Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In reference to Deputy O’Dea’s PQ 9550 (details below), Unscheduled Care are not able to provide data in direct response to the query raised. Deputy O’Dea states that Minister Donnelly made a recent statement regarding a 20% reduction in emergency department attendance figures in 2023 when compared to 2022. The data available to the Department currently shows that overall emergency department attendances were broadly similar in 2023 and 2022. It must be noted that due to recent industrial action, the attendance figures for both CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street are not available for Q4 2023. If the emergency department presentation metric was referred to in error by the Deputy’s PQ, the unit will provide the data on another metric, at site-level, if available. The unit has attempted to contact the Deputy’s office by email and telephone without success to clarify the PQ.