Professor Brian Lenehan:

It is better by 7%, I believe. We have 42,000 patients waiting in UL hospitals for their first appointments. We have targets from the acute hospitals division in the HSE that are targeting those waiting more than 12 months and those waiting more than 18 months, and we are working very hard to reach those targets. They are challenging but we have a scheduled care department whose focus is the outpatient waiting list and, indeed, the inpatient and day case waiting list. There is a concerted effort to address these and funding has been provided.