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patients were awaiting beds in our hospitals. Of those, 394 were on trolleys. We now have over 1 million people on hospital waiting lists. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has stated that we need up to 7,780 more hospital beds and 1,200 more

supermarket till. We have 17,885 people in emergency accommodation, 5,830 of whom are children. We have 1 million people on hospital waiting lists. However, the left has brought this Bill before the House. It is not concerned about a family living in a hotel room … newborn's record. This mark will follow the child for the rest of their medical history. It will follow them into school, hospital, the Passport Office and, eventually, to their death certificate. We do not put a mark on a birth certificate when a child is born with

does not deliver enough for them. Some 400,000 children are being taught in overcrowded classrooms. There are a million people on hospital waiting lists, including a young man in my constituency who has told me he has been in pain, waiting three years for knee surgery … time available to me. Some of the current issues in health are not addressed by the budget. The DOMINO scheme in Cork University Hospital, CUH, has been significantly curtailed as a result of 80 nursing and midwifery vacancies. Newly qualified nurses in Cork and Galway are not getting

cannot, in itself, be the measure of our success. That success must be measured differently - in the homes that are built, in hospital waiting lists that are reduced, in childcare places created, in infrastructure delivered and, ultimately, in whether people at home can see and feel a difference … community workforce growth within agreed pay budgets; an additional 1.8 million home-support hours helping older people remain at home and to leave hospital; reform of GP services, including better access to GP out-of-hours services across the six health regions; better access to dental and orthodontic

contracts. I watched yesterday as healthcare workers went on the picket line. We know that we have 1 million people on our hospital waiting lists. These graduates deserve permanent contracts. The INMO has been raising concerns about this over the last number of weeks and rightly

interesting that the Taoiseach chose the health service because 1 million people are on hospital waiting lists at the moment. It is also interesting that one of the issues the Taoiseach chose to respond to was the promise that there would be a full public investigation into what

delays and management of waiting lists had on them. It should not be confined to any specific hospital but to CHI generally. Insofar as the module relating to waiting lists is concerned, Mr. Farrell makes clear that he includes the National Orthopaedic Hospital at Cappagh. His recommendation … second module, on spinal surgery, his recommendation is that a commission should inquire into the response by CHI to delays and management of waiting lists for spinal surgery or assessment across CHI. It should also inquire into how funds allocated on foot of the scoliosis and spina bifida

teachers, gardaí, social workers, occupational therapists and bus drivers. When a school has enough teachers to function and a hospital has enough nurses to clear its waiting lists, we lower the structural cost of living in a sustainable manner. Instead, we are adding to costs by failing

cardiology sessions. Endoscopies are being done on Saturdays and in the evenings in University Hospital Kerry. We are seeing Saturday lists in scoliosis in Children's Health Ireland, which is reducing outpatient waiting times to nearly three months. Those Saturday lists will continue to grow … terms of inpatient day cases. We have increased the budget of our hospitals by well over 50% and our staffing by 13%, and activity has gone up by 16%. I wait for the day this year where we have that analysis of what ideas can come from different

because it was not giving good value for money for what the taxpayer was investing in our hospitals. Can the Minister ensure that those people waiting on the waiting list will get access to the orthopaedic surgeries that they need

would not be broken. People who get sick should know there will be a bed in the hospital and there would not be a million people on the waiting lists. These are all the services that people rely on. We say we have one of the most successful

what €26 billion would build in this country. It would build tens of thousands of affordable homes. It would pay for the schools, hospital beds, renewable energy infrastructure and public transport that we desperately need. Instead, the Government is on course to waste billions of euro on fines … glacial pace. The consequences are depressingly predictable. More than 100,000 people have now been waiting for more than a year on a community or primary care waiting list. People who should be treated in a health centre are ending up in a hospital instead. It is worse

people not afford a home? Why are renters paying rip-off, record rents? Why are hospitals overcrowded, accident and emergency departments under daily pressure and close to a million patients on waiting lists? Why are people with disabilities left behind? Why are kids with special needs left without

access to oral health and orthodontic services for children, including reducing waiting lists for school dental programmes and improving access to more complex dental treatment. For Cork, investment is also continuing in the planned elective hospital, which is part of the wider expansion of health infrastructure. In particular

Cork University Hospital has already warned the Government that the HSE spending and recruitment freezes would increase the risk to patient safety. Let us make no mistake about this. These cruel cuts will directly impact patients who will be damned to more uncertainty, longer waiting lists and greater … long-term plan for our health service and taking immediate action this year. That includes 80,000 new medical cards, 400 additional acute hospital beds and ramping up investment in GP, primary care, community services, ambulances, mental health and children's care. The budget again fails

Hospital in Dublin. Currently, more than 1,000 people in Longford-Westmeath are waiting for an ophthalmology appointment, with an average wait time of 12 to 15 months. My constituents have long commutes to get to the services. There is a similarly significant waiting list to access children … sixth class children, 506 still have to be seen for dental screening. Unfortunately, it is a case generally of long lists and people waiting. It is necessary to travel outside the county for nearly all the services that need to be accessed. I recently highlighted that patients

clinical need. I have asked the HSE to provide the most recent Longford-Westmeath staffing and waiting list position, including the number of children waiting and the length of those waits. The provision of ophthalmology services is organised on a regional basis to ensure patients have access … falls under the remit of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, the Minister for Health recognises that the current primary care therapy waiting lists and long waiting times for access to those services are unacceptable, particularly for children. The people of Longford and Westmeath deserve healthcare that

into CHI must look at the whole picture, examining what truly happened to the children affected rather than just sanitising administrative systems or waiting lists. Furthermore, we believe any such inquiry must go back far enough to capture the root causes rather than arbitrarily starting the clock … concealment and corporate stonewalling. When parents learn about critical and medical reports through media leaks rather than direct communication, trust is broken. When hospital governance fails, accountability must start at the top, with the Minister for Health taking real hands-on control. Sinn Féin wants a public health

acceptable that when a patient goes from one hospital to another the files are not there. I know the HSE is working on this but it is taking too long. Those delays are actually adding to the waiting lists and adding to the work of the administration

understand that. Our issue does not just relate to beds; it is also about staff. If anyone needs reminding, we have outrageous waiting lists for occupational therapy, OT, speech and language therapy, SLT, physiotherapy, psychology and other therapies. Right now, however, hundreds of health profession graduates are languishing … panels while waiting lists for disability services grow. The Government has rightly funded the expansion of those therapy training places over the past four years. Physiotherapy is up by over 80%, OT by 62% and SLT by 21%. A pipeline of graduates is coming out of college. This

discuss the NCCP's proposed national radioligand therapy plan. Deputy Paul McAuliffe - To discuss wait times for operations at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh. Deputy Duncan Smith - To discuss the need for an investigation into the loss of the remains or partial remains of unidentified bodies. Deputy Colm … immunocompromised patients and those over 65. Deputy Eoghan Kenny - To discuss the delay in response to parliamentary questions regarding assessment of need waiting lists. Deputies Cian O'Callaghan, Naoise Ó Muirí and Barry Heneghan - To discuss the need to support Moatview Early Education Centre. Deputy Michael Cahill

that. Emergency department, ED, admissions are up 6.75% this year, general admissions are up 3.5% and there was a 10% increase in outpatient waiting lists last year. I have replies to parliamentary questions from the HSE telling me it is forecasting demand for next year only now, after … with a budget of €29 billion, operate like that? It is a complete nonsense. If we are to understand the pressure hospitals are under, we should look at the reliance on surge capacity before winter kicks in. I have HSE internal documents which show the south west

have listed some of the hospitals that reflect that. It is not just about putting a name on the building. The name should be reflected throughout. If a name is to be given to a lecture theatre in the Kathleen Lynn hospital, then I suggest Madeleine ffrench-Mullen … either Temple Street or Crumlin hospital. Hopefully, in the future, they will be brought to a state-of-the-art hospital. Hopefully, it will be a pioneering hospital, given its pioneering costs. I have seen the inside of the hospital twice over the build project. It looks fantastic

were suffering. It was an acknowledgement by the State that allowing children with progressive spinal conditions to wait for years was unacceptable. That promise was broken. Children continued to wait beyond four months, and some children still do today. That is why I cannot accept 1 January … have had report after report, review after review, investigation after investigation. We have had the Ombudsman for Children raise serious concerns about scoliosis waiting lists. We have had the Dixon report and the issues involving children with spina bifida who became known as the "Crumlin orphans". We have

only accessed through private services. We need to change that, particularly when we look at the length of waiting services. There are psychology waiting lists of 3,000 adults and probably over 30,000 children now. I have GPs in parts of this city who tell me that … Minister of State to ensure that mental health management is part of the chronic disease management programme. The second key factor relates to hospitals. The major development, which we certainly welcome, is that of advanced nurse practitioners, ANPs, being on-site within our emergency departments to a much

Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the inpatient and day case waiting list for ENT procedures at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, broken down by length of time waiting; whether any reduction in anaesthetic staffing or funding has reduced theatre

Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant dermatologist posts at Cork University Hospital; the number currently vacant; the current waiting list and longest wait for a dermatology outpatient appointment at the hospital; and if she will make a statement

Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for the mole mapping service at Cork University Hospital when it ceased; the length of time each had been waiting; the date on which letters issued to their referring

Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant cardiologist for a first appointment at the Mater Hospital; and the average waiting time for same. [71774/26

Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list to see a consultant gastroenterologist for a first appointment at a hospital (details supplied); and the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times. [69809/26

Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the urgent or routine waiting list. [72421/26

appointments or average waiting times, the way in which compliance with recommended surveillance intervals is monitored; whether individual hospitals maintain this information; and if national reporting of these waiting lists will be introduced. [74100/26

Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the kidney transplant waiting list resident in Cork and Kerry; the number of haemodialysis stations at Cork University Hospital; the number of patients receiving haemodialysis there; and the number awaiting a dialysis place, in tabular

Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to list each public hospital or facility currently providing mole mapping, total body photography or dermatoscopic surveillance for patients with a previous melanoma diagnosis; the current waiting time at each; whether patients from the Cork and Kerry region