Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for ENT appointments in County Mayo. [8543/19]

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for ENT appointments in County Mayo. [8544/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together.

Improving waiting times for hospital procedures is a key commitment in the Programme for Government.

I hope to publish the joint Department of Health, HSE, NTPF Scheduled Care Access Plan 2019 shortly. This will ensure an appropriate balance between high volume activities and offering treatment to complex long waiting patients.

This Plan for inpatients/day case (IPDC) and outpatients will set out the activity targets for the HSE in line with the National Service Plan, as well as those for the NTPF taking account of their increased funding totalling €75milion in 2019, to provide treatment for patients.

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

Mayo ENT waiting lists

Inpatient

Outpatient