46. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the action his Department will take to increase capacity in acute hospitals and their emergency departments in view of the fact that the full capacity protocol was deployed 2,300 times across a 321-day period in 2016; if the full capacity protocol is the last escalation step in the national system-wide escalation framework and is now being used with concerning frequency; the actions he will take to review the framework, capacity and departmental and HSE responses to excess demand in the acute hospital system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37856/16]

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46. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the action his Department will take to increase capacity in acute hospitals and their emergency departments in view of the fact that the full capacity protocol was deployed 2,300 times across a 321-day period in 2016; if the full capacity protocol is the last escalation step in the national system-wide escalation framework and is now being used with concerning frequency; the actions he will take to review the framework, capacity and departmental and HSE responses to excess demand in the acute hospital system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37856/16]

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