Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the meantime, clearly, the HSE and the Department of Health are conscious of the priority that has to be attached to the treatment of children and, indeed, every other patient. While times are tough and challenging economically, that is a matter the Minister and his two Ministers of State want to treat with sensitivity.

Again, Dolphin will be published as soon as the Government makes its decision. There is no alternative report. The numbers are down by more than 800 for children on waiting lists.

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