Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Under the programme for Government, on page 60, regarding the waiting lists, the latest figures for outpatient appointments put the HSE figure at more than half a million in the State. The numbers of people waiting in Cork University Hospital, the maternity hospital, the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital and Mallow General Hospital stand at 23,433, 368, 22,383, 4,999 and 3,688, respectively. In all fairness, that amounts to more than 57,000 people waiting for treatment in Cork. Last night, we passed a motion with which the Government agreed regarding people with disabilities. More than 14,500 people in east Cork alone could be affected by this and surely this is a national disgrace. What will the Government do about these appalling figures?

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