Mr. Paul Reid:

I will come back to the Deputy on the specific vacancies in Cork, but overall in terms of waiting lists and addressing them, there are a number of initiatives we have in place. Certainly, where we have gaps in consultants, we have been engaged with the NTPF to relieve the overall waiting lists and provide extra capacity in the system and that has been working for certain activities. However, our waiting lists remain a very real issue and a very real concern for us. We have over 550,000 nationally. However, there is a specific project and programme within each hospital and hospital group.