Stephen Mulvaney says the health sector is experiencing an exceptional level of flu, RSV and Covid.
More ambulances than ever before have been called out in the past two weeks.
TD Neasa Hourigan says she has received a disturbing e-mail from one of her constituents;
"On Christmas night I genuinely feared a child would die because of the absolute carnage of the Emergency Department at Temple Street. As a parent who was there frequently due to having a child with a lung condition, I can tell you I've never seen anything like it."
