Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I fully accept it, with one addition. More than 490,000 people are waiting above those ten- and 12-week targets. I fully accept it. However, it is important that we acknowledge that very significant progress is also being made. Dr. Henry, Mr. Damien McCallion and Ms Mary Day in the HSE, and then the officials in the Department, are working night and day on this. We are very focused. I meet the senior HSE team regularly on the waiting lists. We have an urgent care team as well. I fully agree that the waiting times are far too long, but progress is under way.