Liz McManus
Ceist:75 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children when proposals to reduce waiting lists will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14487/00]
Vol. 519 No. 6
75 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children when proposals to reduce waiting lists will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14487/00]
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.