Dan Neville
Question:87 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in introducing the recommendations made by the report of the review group on waiting list initiative of July 1998. [14812/00]
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87 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in introducing the recommendations made by the report of the review group on waiting list initiative of July 1998. [14812/00]
The total number on in-patient hospital waiting lists as at 31 March 2000, the latest date for which figures are available, is 34,370. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the numbers on waiting lists have fallen by 2,485 on the end of December quarter. This welcome reduction has been achieved in a period of high levels of medical admissions due to flu-like illnesses and is a reflection of the major priority that is being attached to addressing high waiting lists.