Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health if there are increased waiting times for patients who require orthopaedic surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; the way this issue is being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29445/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Tallaght has participated in the SDU Scheduled Care Performance Improvement programme and as a result has eliminated the problem of excessively long waits for routine orthopaedic surgery. By December last year Tallaght had reached the Minister's target of having no patient waiting for in-patient or daycase surgery for more than 12 months for all specialties, including orthopaedics. As of the end of March 2012, Tallaght has 17 adults waiting > 9 months. There are no children waiting > 3 months. Tallaght is continuing to make consistent and sustained progress towards ensuring that no adult patient waits longer than 9 months for surgery in 2012. The table below details the Orthopaedic surgical waiting list for Tallaght.