Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Does Mr. Reid believe this will have an impact on waiting times? Obviously, nearly 1 million people awaiting procedures is just not acceptable. I know there have been mitigating circumstances. I understand that. For a person awaiting an operation to be told he or she will be waiting four or five years for a procedure is just not acceptable. Can the HSE, through regionalisation or whatever one wants to call it, alleviate the waiting time for those waiting years for a simple procedure for which, in another European country, they may have to wait less than six months?