Eamon Gilmore
Question:121 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Health the number of children or adults currently on the waiting list for tonsillectomy in hospitals in the Dublin area.
Written Answers. - Tonsillectomy Waiting List.
The figures requested by the Deputy are as follows:
|
Adults* |
Children** |
|
|
Adelaide |
0 |
0 |
|
Meath |
109 |
47 |
|
St. James's |
316 |
0 |
|
Mater |
400 |
14 |
|
St. Vincent's |
238 |
0 |
|
St. Michael's |
5 |
101 |
|
Beaumont |
387 |
127 |
|
Temple Street |
0 |
210 |
|
OLH, Crumlin |
0 |
145 |
|
Harcourt Street |
0 |
260 |
|
RVEE |
218 |
49 |
|
Total |
1,673 |
953 |
*These figures represent adults waiting on all ENT procedures including tonsillectomy.
**These figures represent children awaiting tonsil/adenoid procedures.
The Deputy will be aware that under the Waiting List Initiative which I launched earlier this year, substantial inroads are being made in reducing the numbers on waiting lists throughout the country. In the area of ear, nose and throat surgery, a special sum of £3.32 million has been allocated to enable an additional 1,466 procedures for adults and 3,346 procedures for children to be performed throughout the country this year. These procedures are additional to the baseline activity which hospitals perform on a day to day basis.