Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the acute waiting lists, the number of patients waiting for 48 months or more is approximately 819. What can we do to reduce the wait for acute services? Is there a focus on that because I would have thought acute means emergency or very urgent as opposed to elective. In that context, it is a significant number, not to mention the number of patients waiting for between 36 and 48 months, which is even higher.