Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The cross-Border scheme acts as a great release valve in dealing with the chronic public waiting lists, yet patients who avail of the scheme are left waiting for a long time to be reimbursed. The average waiting time is approximately 20 weeks, having risen from four. I have raised this issue a number of times on the floor of the Dáil, including by way of parliamentary questions, and each time I have been assured additional resources are being allocated to deal with the increased number of applications. I am told that the additional resources are additional telephone lines that have been provided in the office for the processing of applications. It is actually compounding the problem-----

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