Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age waiting for an inpatient or an outpatient appointment at Mayo University Hospital and Galway University Hospital, respectively, in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2420/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Improving access to hospital treatment is a key priority for government. Budget 2019 announced a funding increase from €55 million to €75 million to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to provide treatment for patients.

My Department is working closely with the NTPF and the HSE to finalise a Scheduled Care Access Plan for inpatients/day case and outpatients for 2019. In this regard, the NTPF and the HSE will continue to work closely with Hospital Groups, inviting proposals to improve access for patients waiting for either Inpatient/Daycase or Outpatient procedures.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables.

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