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

I am sorry, I do not have those numbers in front of me. I will inform the Minister for Health and the Minister of State with responsibility for disability issues that the Deputy raised them and I will ask them to send him a written reply. The programme for Government commitment, as I recall, refers not just to diagnostics and therapies but also to much-needed operations and procedures. I can inform the House that the number of people waiting more than three months for an operation or procedure is 10,000 lower than it was this time last year. The number is also down 2,000 in the past month. Comparing today with July 2017, the number of people waiting more than 12 weeks to have their cataracts operated on is down from 8,000 to less than 4,000. The number of those waiting for a camera test or scope is down from 28,000 to 14,000. The number of those waiting for hips or knees to be replaced is down from 2,500 to 1,500.

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