After several horrible experiences of seeing my father lying on a trolley in A&E in Tallaght for hours and hours and hours, with no proper toilet facilities and only very junior doctors in evidence, we now, if he can walk at all, get him into a car and bring him to the Beacon where he has been seen quickly by a senior doctor and given a bed within an hour.
Unfortunately, word seems to have got around, as I believe their A&E has now become much more crowded, but it still beats a public hospital any day.
Someone I know was in a public A&E department with an elderly parent recently and remarked to the doctor (when they eventually saw him) that it was a pity our TDs couldn't see the chaos. He replied that a Minister in a very relevant area had been in a few months previously and had been allowed skip the queue!!!