Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are 43,981 adults on outpatient waiting lists in the mid west; 11,422 have been on the list for over 18 months. That is almost 26% of the overall figure of those on the list. As a former Minister for Health, I hope the Tánaiste will appreciate that these long delays for scheduled care directly relate to overcrowding in the one emergency department in the region which is consistently the most overcrowded emergency department in Ireland. We need Ennis upgraded to model 3 to take the pressure off. What is the Government doing to get the consultant contract over the line and shrink these abhorrent waiting lists and get more people seen every year?

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