Hospital Waiting Lists
Dail Éireann — 2026-07-09
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG), Dún Laoghaire

I have asked the regional executive officer, Sara Long, and the regional clinical director, Eamon Dolan, to do a piece of work that considers the whole region. The region is performing exceptionally well in the overall management of demand, although there is more in the community that needs to happen. In that region there is Beaumont, which is a neurology specialist centre; the Mater, which is a cardiac specialist centre; Connolly, which is a position for the future for elective work; the hub; and Drogheda. There is an interesting matrix of hospitals and division of work and specialities there. I have asked them to come up with what the future of the region looks like. How do we best allocate resources? How do we think about where services should be delivered and the concentration of specialist centres? It is a region that is already demonstrating that. As we move forward with the elective hospital in Connolly, we have done the preliminary work of putting in the high-dependency unit beds. It is really interesting. I have asked them to think about the region in an ambitious way and come back to me with a plan for the future. Perhaps a model 4 is possible. I do not know. Let us see what Eamon and Sara come back with.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-09