Is the Minister aware this morning of the huge crisis that exists in our accident and emergency departments? We have senior citizens and many sick people on chairs and trolleys in hospitals this morning. I raise this issue in the context of the health reform Bill. There is an urgent crisis and no one is talking about it. We have a Minister for Health who appears to be asleep at the wheel yet these people are suffering. It is an outrageous situation to have very senior citizens and ill people sitting on trolleys and chairs in hospitals and something needs to be done.

The health reform Bill is still within the policy process and it is not possible to state when precisely it will be brought forward. It is certainly not the case that the Minister for Health or any Minister is asleep at the wheel. Very considerable action has been taken by the Minister and the HSE on that matter. For example, there has been a very considerable improvement in regard to trolleys. I thought I would be able to get the figures for the Deputy, but while they are in my papers somewhere, I cannot fish them out quickly enough. There is definitely significant improvement arising from the actions of the HSE. The Minister has a very strong grip on this issue.