Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Deputy there is no question but that the requirement to reduce waiting lists is a priority for the Government. As he outlined, patients waiting three to four years is unacceptable. There is no denying it. I look forward to the HSE's waiting list action plan and welcome its commitment that no patient will be waiting longer than 15 months by the end of October. That is what we expect it to deliver. I cannot comment on the individual patients to whom the Deputy referred. It would be helpful if he could provide me with details and I will ask the HSE what is causing the delay and what might be done to address it.

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