Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients 75 years of age and over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours from January to June 2018; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred. [31206/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The HSE National Service Plan 2018 requires that no patient over 75 should be waiting more than 24 hours in an Emergency Department (ED).

Initial year-to-date HSE data for May (which is still provisional and to be fully validated by the HSE) indicates that at the end of May 2018 over 89.4% of patients over 75s presenting in EDs nationally met this target. This equates to a total of 7,164 patients who waited longer than 24 hours in this period.

The HSE data for 2017 shows a full year compliance with this target of 92.4%. In relation to the particular query raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly with the most recent validated figures by hospital site.

HSE data in relation to Patient Experience Time (PET) for all patients and specifically those over 75 is publicly available on the HSE website at the following address: www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/performancereports/

The Government is, and will continue to, provide increased resources to alleviate the pressure on EDs in the face of rising demand.