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There were 233 children on a waiting list for spinal surgery at Children’s Health Ireland, CHI, hospitals at the end of February. Of those children, 43 who had been approved for surgery had been waiting more than six months and 15 of those had been kept waiting … reports so-called experimental spinal surgeries and unnecessary surgeries. We know about the lengthening waiting lists and doubts about so many aspects of the move to the national children’s hospital. Some commentators are suggesting since yesterday that problems at CHI start and end with the actions

workforce in recent years. More people than ever are being treated by our healthcare service. Progress is being made on waiting lists. We have more people in hospital beds than ever before and more people who are getting hospital beds than ever before. When it comes to scoliosis … this Government. In recent years - this is included in the 40% I have mentioned - €30 million has been allocated to help tackle waiting lists for spinal procedures. Last year alone, some 513 spinal procedures were completed, which is a 10% increase on the year before. Of course

being developed in north Dublin, south Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Waterford and Galway. Surgical hubs eliminate day-care waiting lists and take the pressure off various departments in hospitals. I am disappointed that there is no surgical hub for the area north of the Dublin-Galway line. The programme

hubs across the country in the Rotunda, the Coombe, the National Maternity Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Galway. There were approximately 760 women on a specific waiting list for treatment at the end of last year and the agenda is to get through the backlog

break down overnight. Parents have been dealing with years and years of long waiting lists and scandal after scandal. It has rocked people's faith in our children's hospitals. This is not to disregard the large amounts of good work being done by many people who work

being referred to other hospitals to free up capacity in CHI. CHI is managing children who require much more complex, and also multistage, surgical interventions. For example, those children may undergo several procedures that may not result in a reduction in waiting list numbers. That is not important … hospital. As the House will be aware, the new children’s hospital is one of the most significant investments in the health and well-being of our children. I recognise, today, for example, that Sinn Féin has introduced a Bill that recognises the naming of the hospital

Unapproved metal springs being implanted in children's spines at Temple Street and elsewhere, the glacial waiting lists for scoliosis surgery and the unnecessary hip surgeries at Temple Street and Cappagh hospital, these are tantamount to unauthorised medical experimentation on children. The Taoiseach is never too happy with

important issue, and the massive waiting lists. Later, we will discuss the large number of unnecessary hip surgeries, which again raises questions about clinical judgment and governance. Added to this, we have had alarmingly high infection rates in certain hospitals, which should never be allowed to happen

Never in a million years did his mother want to go public about this matter but because her child has been on a waiting list for more than 14 months, he is now facing two surgeries. Daniel's mother was forced to go public because the surgeon could … list each month. My question to the Minister relates to how those care pathways are being dealt with over the short, medium and longer term. I heard what the Minister said about Great Ormond Street Hospital, the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York, Cappagh hospital

region. Across the county more than 5,000 people are waiting for home care packages, with more than 1,000 of them on waiting lists in the Cork and Kerry region. Very often these are people who have been assessed as needing a home care package … people are struggling at home alone. They may be caring for an elderly loved one or they may be stuck in an acute hospital waiting for discharge. The HSE has identified various black spots where it is not able to deliver the service itself and neither

failed, as did the Government. Resources were committed and treatment abroad was started but then it stopped with no explanation and the waiting lists continued to grow. Then we had the former health Minister, Stephen Donnelly. More investment was announced, treatment abroad started again and we were told … speak today, there are still more than 50 children waiting longer than four months and a total of 137 children are waiting for a date for their surgery. In fact, 18 of them are waiting more than a year just for a date. The Minister mentioned capacity. There

surgery waiting list increased month on month from 108 in December to 137 at the end of last month. I agree with the Minister; it is about the length of time people are waiting, not necessarily the number. Some 48 of those children have been waiting for more … than six months, a 33% increase since December. The previous Minister for Health promised that no more than 20 children would wait more than four months for spinal surgery by the end of 2024 as a result of new initiatives such as surgeries abroad. Surgeries abroad

recommendations made in the report. As of the end of March, however, there were 137 children on CHI's active waiting list, 67 of whom were waiting over four months. That is way too many and it is something that needs to be addressed immediately … support for mental health, including counselling, if needed, for our younger people. I will give the House an example. In St. Luke's hospital in Kilkenny, a fantastic hospital, any child who is in there who has type 1 diabetes does not have any access to any sort

Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the rheumatology waiting list in Tallaght Hospital; and the steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times. [18217/25

Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists at Cork University Hospital for CT, MRI and ultrasound scans, in each quarter from 2022, to date in 2025; and the average time each patient spends on the waiting list in respect

Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of MRI scans in Cavan and Monaghan hospitals; the number and location of all scanners; current waiting lists to access such; the days which scans are currently taking place; and if she will make a statement

Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to reduce the current waiting list (details supplied) to attend the ophthalmology outpatient's department of University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15063/25

Health if she will review the current capacity of the complex menopause clinic at University Hospital Galway, which is currently operating for only one half-day per week, despite a waiting list of eight-nine months; if consideration will be given to expanding this vital service to meet