Ciarán Ahern (Dublin South West, Labour)
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3071. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for elective surgery in Tallaght University Hospital; the average time spent on a waiting list for elective surgery in Tallaght University Hospital in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43088/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. I am conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families.

I published the Waiting List Action Plan (WLAP) for 2025 on February 12th, representing this Government’s commitment to reducing waiting times for patients and improving access to hospital care. In keeping with this commitment, significant funding of €420m was allocated to the Waiting List Action Plan for 2025, €190m for the HSE and €230m for the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). With the 2025 plan, we are continuing to build upon the progress delivered to date under the multi annual action plan approach, progressing towards the ultimate vision of a public healthcare service in which everyone has timely access to high-quality scheduled care, where and when they need it.

In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, adult and child waiting list information by hospital and specialty is published monthly by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) on its website:

The information is now being made available through an interactive visual tool which provides users with a much-improved way of accessing and analysing waiting list information.

The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) collects data on patients on waiting lists at a point in time and the average time that these patients have been waiting is provided in the attached table.