Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Is there a way that waiting list of 10,000 could be dealt with? Obviously, the challenge is having an adequate number of people to carry out the assessment but at CUH, for example, where there was a huge waiting list for gynaecological services, the consultants went away and got space at the Mater. They were able to do very significant work in a short timeframe and reduced the waiting list to 4,500. We are not talking about 10,000 waiting in one place but throughout the country. Could a targeted mechanism be put in place to deal with that waiting list?