Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The figures in the Minister's opening statement on the reduction of the number of patients on inpatient waiting lists, which are compiled by the NTPF, are very welcome. They show a fall from 86,000 to 66,000, approximately, over two years. Will the Minister give us a breakdown of how those figures were achieved? Are they people who died on waiting lists, who sought treatment outside the jurisdiction through the cross-border directive, who went to private services to receive their treatment or who received treatment through our own health service? Is it possible that the raw figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be provided to the committee so that we can see how that reduction was achieved?