Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-01
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

That is the first part of it.
The second part of it is that the Deputy is right and the staff are right to call for more capacity. We have added 1,100 extra beds and 26,000 extra staff.
Thanks to the great efforts of those staff, including, undoubtedly, the staff member referred to by the Deputy, the waiting lists are falling now. They have fallen for two years in a row, and they will fall again this year. The number of patients on trolleys is falling as well. I am not, though, for a moment, suggesting we are where we want to be. We are not.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-01