James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with a genetic consultant here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47998/18]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with a genetic counsellor here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47999/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 418 and 419 together.

Children's Hospital Group (CHG) advise that Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin (OLCHC) holds the Genetic Counsellor and Consultant waiting lists for patients referred by a clinician to OLCHC and Temple Street Children's University Hospital (TSCUH).  I am advised that the waiting list for Genetic Counsellor as of the 20th of November stands at 1,276.  The majority of these patients are adults (over 80% are adult patients).

The number of children (only) awaiting an appointment for a Genetic Consultant is 1,450 as of the 20th of November.