David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)

I cannot accept that if already this year, 4,100 people were waiting more than the recommended 28 days for an urgent colonoscopy. A total of 5,800 women were not seen within the recommended ten days at urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics. Again, this was from January to July. A further 880 people did not have radiation therapy on time. Those people were all waiting within the existing budget the HSE has and Mr. McCallion wants us to believe that next year, magically, this will all change without any additional resources.