Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 23 Mar 1999

Vol. 502 No. 3

Written Answers. - Hospital Waiting Lists.

Alan Shatter

Question:

325 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times in respect of each speciality in each hospital in the State for in-patient hospital treatment in the context of the waiting list figures at 31 December 1998; the number of adults in respect of each speciality awaiting treatment for less than 12 months and more than 12 months; and the number of children awaiting treatment in excess of six months and in excess of 12 months. [7758/99]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Cowen)

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.

I have provided a total of £20 million for waiting list activity in 1999, which is a 66 per cent increase over the amount allocated to waiting list activity in 1998, and two and a half times more than the previous Government provided in 1997.

The report of the Review Group on the Waiting List Initiative published last year contains a range of recommendations which I am committed to implementing. Towards this end, in 1999 I have also allocated £11 million to services for older people and accident and emergency services, which will free up acute beds for waiting list work.

Total Public In-patient Waiting List – Table 1

Specialty Name	Period 1(1997 Dec.)	Period 2(1998 Sep.)	Period 3(1998 Dec.)	Var P3/P2	Var P3/P1
E.N.T.	7,138	7,566	7,722	156	584
Orthopaedics	6,432	6,634	7,344	710	912
Ophthalmology	3,002	4,023	4,309	286	1,307
Surgery	2,958	3,389	3,460	71	502
Gynaecology	2,216	2,746	3,016	270	800
Vascular	2,726	2,781	2,797	16	71
Plastic Surgery	1,720	1,795	2,057	262	337
Urology	1,604	1,424	1,530	106	74
Cardiology	1,299	1,330	1,248	82	51
Cardiac Surgery	1,371	1,237	1,229	8	142
Neurosurgery	175	409	414	5	239
Dental	347	509	395	114	48
Pain	209	293	388	95	179
Maxillo-Facial	277	164	191	27	86
Gastro-enterology	139	205	173	32	34
Respiratory	97	133	115	18	18
Nephrology	18	92	113	21	95
Endocrine	64	94	102	8	38
Neurology	59	94	80	14	21
Rheumatology	54	88	68	20	14
Thoracic	25	37	41	4	16
Medicine	67	53	37	16	30
Dermatology	24	27	30	3	6
Psychiatry	12	19	20	1	8
Gerontology	4	4	3	1	1
Haematology	3	4	1	3	2
Radiotherapy	0	0	0	0	0
Paediatrics	0	1	0	1	0
Obstetrics	0	0	0	0	0
Endocrinology	4	0	0	0	4
Metabolic	0	0	0	0	0
Orthodontics	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation	0	0	0	0	0
Oncology	1	0	0	0	1
Chemotherapy	0	0	0	0	0
Genito-Urinary	8	0	0	0	8
Endoscopy	153	254	0	254	153
Total	32,206	35,405	36,883	1,478	4,677

Table 2

Hospital	Period 1(1997 Dec.)	Period 2(1998 Sep.)	Period 3(1998 Dec.)	Var P3/P2	Var P3/P1
St. Columcille's Hospital (Loughlinstown)	0	0	0	0	0
Naas General Hospital	61	209	148	61	87
James Connolly Memorial Hospital (Blanchardstown)	108	141	169	28	61
Baggot Street Hospital	0	2	0	2	0
Portlaoise General Hospital	198	149	173	24	25
Longford/Westmeath General Hospital	121	210	137	73	16
Tullamore General Hospital	1,746	1,995	2,260	265	514
Our Lady of Lourdes (NEHB)	336	446	128	318	208
Regional Hospital (Dooradoyle) Limerick	1,328	1,788	1,782	6	454
Regional Orthopaedic Hospital (Croom)	643	478	525	47	118
Nenagh General Hospital	0	0	0	0	0
Ennis General Hospital	0	0	0	0	0
Louth County Hospital, Dundalk	33	46	12	34	21
Cavan General Hospital	252	420	307	113	55
Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan	587	547	552	5	35
Monaghan General Hospital	341	138	0	138	341
Letterkenny General Hospital	635	632	805	173	170
Sligo Regional Hospital	1,309	1,742	1,780	38	471
Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen	1,287	1,031	1,315	284	28

Table 2

Hospital	Period 1(1997 Dec.)	Period 2(1998 Sep.)	Period 3(1998 Dec.)	Var P3/P2	Var P3/P1
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny	504	628	631	3	127
Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene	516	650	658	8	142
Wexford General Hospital	225	349	528	179	303
St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel	215	212	249	37	34
Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel	58	44	55	11	3
St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher	769	760	712	48	57
Mallow General Hospital	0	0	0	0	0
Cork University Hospital	872	899	976	77	104
Tralee General Hospital	239	410	420	10	181
University College Hospital, Galway	2,430	3,517	3,396	121	966
Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway	580	446	402	44	178
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar	45	90	72	18	27
Roscommon General Hospital	10	0	10	10	0
Adelaide Hospital	823	0	0	0	823
Meath Hospital	576	0	0	0	576
St. James's Hospital	2,417	2,109	1,996	113	421
Mater Misericordiae Hospital	3,589	3,360	3,855	495	266
St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park)	1,839	2,161	2,547	386	708
St. Michael's Hospital (Dún Laoghaire)	177	258	239	19	62
Mercy Hospital, Cork	616	554	528	26	88
South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital Ltd.	1,132	964	928	36	204
St. John's Hospital (Limerick)	237	190	170	20	67
Portiuncula Hospital (Ballinasloe)	221	63	0	63	221
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (Voluntary)	0	0	0	0	0
Beaumont Hospital	1,575	2,582	2,487	95	912
Coombe Women's Hospital	68	86	116	30	48
National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street	71	99	92	7	21
Rotunda Hospital (Dublin)	52	191	277	86	225
Waterford Maternity Hospital (Airmount)	0	0	0	0	0
Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin)	1,089	781	794	13	295
Our Lady's Hospital (Crumlin)	614	392	560	168	54
National Children's Hospital (Harcourt Street)	37	0	0	0	37
Hume Street Hospital (Dublin)	0	0	0	0	0
St. Luke's and St. Anne's Hospitals	0	0	0	0	0
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (Dublin)	598	711	786	75	188
St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh	1,027	1,547	1,696	149	669
National Rehabilitation Hospital	0	0	0	0	0
Tallaght Hospital	0	1,378	1,610	232	1,610