Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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1482. To ask the Minister for Health the average timeframe wheelchair users are waiting to receive their first wheelchair from application to handover; the average timeframe wheelchair users are waiting for a replacement wheelchair from application to handover; the average cost of replacing a wheelchair; the funding that was allocated for the replacement of wheelchairs over the past five years; the number of people applying for a replacement wheelchair in the past five years; the number of people receiving a replacement wheelchair in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16865/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.