James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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No Department, other than possibly the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, has dropped as many staff as we have or completed as much reform as we have in terms of the special delivery unit, a reduction of 25% in trolley numbers and a 92% reduction in those waiting 12 months or longer for an appointment, an 86% reduction in those waiting nine months or longer, a 36% reduction in the numbers waiting three months or longer, and a 9% reduction overall in waiting lists, with a reduction of 30% in the number of children who have to wait 20 weeks more.