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

Much of the concentration is on the waiting lists for surgery and they are pretty scandalous. There are no two ways about that. There is also the waiting list of almost 44,000 children for outpatient appointments and that, again, is shocking. Many of the parents say there are serious problems with the lack of communication and they do not know where they stand. They are waiting to hear a date for an outpatient appointment or a day case appointment but they just do not know where they stand. Mr. Green referred to this earlier. Who does he think should be communicating with parents in respect of priority lists and the period they should expect to have to wait?