Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste is aware that yesterday, when the outgoing British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, left Downing Street, he was able to state 800 people in the entire United Kingdom had been waiting more than one year for an operation. Is she aware that this figure equates almost exactly to the number of patients waiting in Limerick alone for more than one year for an operation? More than 1,000 patients are waiting in Waterford and 3,200 in Galway. What steps will the Government take to halt and reverse this farce?

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