David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1231. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency department attendances in acute hospitals in each of the years 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020 by hospital and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15597/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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There has been a growing demand for unscheduled care in recent years, with a significant increase in the number of patients attending our emergency departments. According to the ED PET database, over 1.3 million patients (1,352,256) attended at emergency departments in 2019, up 3% on the previous year (1,308,430).The 2020 year to date figures are subject to validation. Attendances at ED up to the end of May were provisionally reported at 445,608.

With regard to the specific information requested, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.