Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I have two brief questions. Has the HSE with the Revenue Commissioners, given the success of their systems? Is it likely that patients will be able to get access to information like the length of waiting lists? That would be very helpful in the sense that if one consultant has an 18-month waiting list while another one has a six-month list, patients could choose to be referred to the latter consultant. However, I know that this has been resisted traditionally by consultants. Has any progress been made on that?