Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As a former Minister in the Department of Health, the Deputy knows there is not a short answer to questions such as the one he raised. Everybody accepts that the waiting lists are far too long. They are unacceptable and not good enough. The issue is what we do and how we do it, which will take a fundamental shift. A one line answer from me today would not wipe 700,000 people from the outpatient waiting lists.

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