Richard Bruton
Question:139 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of public patients waiting for elective surgery in Dublin hospitals in 1990, in 1995 and in 2000. [23747/00]
Written Answers. - Hospital Waiting Lists.
The current waiting list initiative commenced in my Department in June 1993. The number of public patients waiting for elective surgery in Dublin hospitals as at 30 June for the following years was; June 1993 – 21,238; June 1995 – 13,830; June 2000 – 18,023.
Question No. 140 taken with Question No. 137.