Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is right to highlight the variance. It is very different between hospitals. For example, the time for chemotherapy is within 15 days, which is so important. This information has been provided to him. In Cavan hospital, there were 174 patients and 174 of them were seen within 15 days. It was similar in Connolly hospital with 1,717 patients. Naas hospital is at 98%. I do not want to just highlight the good ones and I will pick at random. Tullamore hospital is at 93%, St. James's Hospital is at 91% and Drogheda hospital is at 83%. Then we get to Waterford hospital, which is at 66%, which is the area the Deputy represents. CUH is at 68%. There is variance. Most of the hospitals are concentrated at way over 85% and then there are hospitals such as Portiuncula hospital in Galway, St. Luke's hospital in Kilkenny, CUH, Waterford hospital and St. Luke's Hospital in Dublin, which are at less than 75% and this is not good enough. This is the sort of visibility and transparency we need, and we need to continue to drive to ensure everybody is at a rate of well over 95%. I recognise the variance in this.

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