Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The number of people waiting for an operation or procedure for more than a year is 21,477 in Northern Ireland, compared with 4,900 here, representing 1.1% of the population of Northern Ireland compared with 0.1% here. The number of people waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in Northern Ireland is 94,000, compared with 89,000 here, which is 5.2% of the population compared with 1.6% here. The situation in Northern Ireland is much worse.

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