Dáil debates

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Questions on Promised Legislation

 

12:55 pm

Photo of Eugene MurphyEugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Page 53 of the programme for Government deals with health, for which a significant budget of €15 billion is provided. As we all know, waiting lists are a huge challenge. The Minister for Health recently provided me with figures relating to the orthopaedic waiting list at University Hospital Galway. Over 6,000 people are now on the inpatient and outpatient waiting lists, which are spiralling totally out of control. Some people have been waiting four years for an outpatient appointment. Many of these people are suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, which is an extremely painful experience, as the Minister and many other Members of this House will be aware. I do not expect the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to be able to give me a full answer. I would like him to ask the Minister for Health or the Taoiseach, with whom I have raised this issue previously, to intervene to do something for the many people who are suffering horrific pain. This problem is spiralling out of control. We need to tackle it.

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