Information on hip replacement surgery is collected on a hospital basis and a patient living in one health board area may be on a waiting list for hip replacement surgery in another. The position is that there are two designated centres for hip replacement operations in the greater Dublin area, St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh, and the Adelaide Hospital. There are currently 294 patients awaiting hip replacement operations in Cappagh Hospital, and 120 in the Adelaide Hospital. While the number of patients awaiting hip replacements at the two Dublin centres for 1987 and 1988 is not available, I can provide the Deputy with the following waiting list information. Numbers waiting on the list: