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

Out of respect to the people who have been working on this, I wish to inform Senators that in 2024 a total of 513 spinal procedures were completed, a 10% increase on the 464 undertaken in 2023, and a 25% increase on 2019. As of 26 February this year, 87 procedures had been completed. Saturday outpatient clinics are taking place where new spinal outpatient referrals are being seen in addition to existing clinics. A total of 526 patients were seen between April 2024 and February 2025. Of those, 25 were added to the spinal surgery waiting list and 245 were discharged. We are going to increase the number of patients being seen in the coming months. I want to give a sense of the proportion of those discharged versus those requiring surgical activity.