Written question AQW 55170/22-27

Written question by Mr Justin McNulty on .

MLA
Mr Justin McNulty
Party at the time
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date
20 October 2026
Type
Written question
Assembly reference
AQW 55170/22-27
Department
Department of Health
Business
To the Minister of Health
Assembly identifier
Document 504948

Text

To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of comments made by the Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, reported in the Irish News on 20 October 2026, that a substantial number of deaths may occur this winter as a result of overcrowding in Emergency Departments and that health services require the certainty of a multi-year budget to enable effective planning.

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