David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1447. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of money spent in 2022, 2023 and 2024 in public hospitals on hospital waiting list initiatives, broken down by year and by hospital, the number of consultants paid through such initiatives, if the money came from the NTPF or other sources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29700/25]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out as a result of a blitz or insourcing of services at weekends as part of waiting lists initiatives in public hospitals in 2022, 2023 and 2024, broken down by hospital and by day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29701/25]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1449. To ask the Minister for Health the process and criteria used by public hospitals in selecting consultants to carry out insourcing of care at weekends, blitzes, or other waiting list initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29702/25]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1505. To ask the Minister for Health the total money spent on in-sourcing of health care in public hospitals to reduce waiting lists from 2015 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, and whether the funding came from a hospital directly or from the NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29946/25]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1506. To ask the Minister for Health the total money spent on waiting list initiatives since 2015 broken down by year, by hospital and by funding source; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29947/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1447, 1448, 1449, 1505 and 1506 together.

It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. I am conscious of the burden this places on patients and their families.

A multi-annual approach through a series of Waiting List Action Plans has been adopted to address this issue. Commencing in late 2021, these plans encompass short-term actions to increase capacity and activity in the short and immediate term, and longer-term reform measures to sustainably reduce both hospital waiting lists and waiting times.

This approach has achieved significant progress in overall waiting list reduction and in addressing long waiting times, against a backdrop of significantly increased demand for scheduled care services.

The Waiting List Action Plan approach includes targeting the delivery of additional capacity in the public and private systems, through HSE insourcing and outsourcing, as well as through commissioning in public and private hospitals by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF).

I published the WLAP for 2025 on February 12th, representing continuation of this Government’s commitment and continued investment to reducing waiting times for patients and improving access to hospital care.

With the 2025 plan, we are continuing to build upon the progress delivered to date under the multi annual action plan approach.

In relation to the particular queries raised, as these are service matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.