Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will not shock the Minister because I have asked him about this matter on a number of occasions. We have proposed an integrated system of waiting lists. It is a very good system. In fact, the Minister is on record as saying that it has some merits. I have contacted the Minister's office several times and he has said publicly that he would like to meet us to discuss the matter. I am happy to meet him for that purpose. I have contacted his office a few times but, as yet, no arrangement has been made. We need an integrated waiting list system that will address a large number of the issues referred to in Deputy Durkan's question. Could we have some time allocated to address that and could we know in advance how much of the budget the Minister has allocated to an integrated waiting list system or a similar system? It works in Portugal and could work very well here.

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