Hospital Waiting Lists
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-09
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

That is positive but there are families with children who have been waiting for well over four months. That is completely unacceptable. The Minister's predecessor said six years ago that no child would wait more than four months. That promise has been broken many times. The Minister will understand that it is frustrating for people who have a child waiting for surgery that could be revolutionary for the child when that surgery does not happen. What the Minister said was all positive but the litmus test for families is the intervention and waiting times before their children can get surgery. It is clearly not happening quickly enough. Will the Minister reassure the families in question that surgery will happen as soon as possible?

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Sitting date: 2023-11-09