Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will continue to quote the trolley figures produced by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and not the figures produced by the Health Service Executive which he previously claimed were discredited. [5690/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The information currently available on waiting times in Emergency Departments records only those who have been assessed as in need of admission at a particular time. The HSE publishes this information in respect of 2 p.m. each day. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation publishes information from 8 a.m. each day. I do not consider that the information currently produced is a good indicator of the actual extent of waiting times in our EDs, particularly where it relates only to patients awaiting admission, rather than to all ED attendances.

The HSE is now implementing a project to collect data on the full patient waiting time experience in EDs. This 'time in/time out' data will show the actual time waited by all patients, whether admitted or not, from time of registration at an ED to time of admission or discharge. The HSE is working intensively to put this data system in place. When complete later this year, I expect that they will be in a position to produce better validated, more comprehensive information.

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided in 2011 for the provision of a unit to provide radio iodine ablation in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5694/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.