Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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1036. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a four-hour target will be applied to all emergency department waits. [14867/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The HSE National Service Plan (NSP) sets out the type and volume of health and personal social services that the HSE undertakes to provide within its financial allocation each year. The NSP 2020 sets targets in relation to the waiting times of attendees of emergency departments (ED) for discharge or admission including specific targets for patients over 75.

The waiting time targets as envisaged within the Oireachtas Sláintecare Report will continue to underpin the development of the Capacity-Access priority programme being delivered as part of Sláintecare, in ensuring that capacity is put in place to meet the clinical demands on the health system and to reduce waiting times for treatment.