Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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1022. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for services (details supplied) at University Hospital Galway, in respect of both outpatient and inpatient appointments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20168/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The NTPF publishes waiting list data by speciality, hospital and hospital group each month. These data can be viewed in tabular format on the NTPF website at .

Data with regard to waiting lists at University Hospital Galway are broken down by specialty. A total of 289 patients are awaiting Inpatient/Day case procedures in the specialty of gynaecology, of whom 153 have been waiting for 6 months or less, 67 have been waiting 6-12 months, 37 have been waiting 12-18 months and 32 have been waiting for more than 18 months.

A total of 1736 patients are awaiting an outpatient appointment for gynaecology. Of these, 1054 have been waiting for 6 months or less, 275 have been waiting 6-12 months, 193 have been waiting 12-18 months and 214 have been waiting for more than 18 months.

The NTPF does not publish a breakdown for waiting times in excess of 18 months, therefore, in relation to patient numbers waiting for 24 months and in excess of 24 months, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.