Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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3277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people on the CAMHS waiting list in Cork City for less than 3 months; for 3-6 months; for 6-9 months; for 9-12 months; for 12-18 months; for 18-24 months; and for over 24 months, in tabular form. [44285/25]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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3278. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in Cork for a hip replacement, broken down by persons waiting 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years. [44286/25]

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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3279. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in Cork for knee replacement, broken down by persons waiting 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years. [44287/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 3278 and 3279 together. 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 being 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, the attached information, provided to my Department by the NTPF sets out the number of patients waiting for hip and knee replacements in public hospitals in Cork, by time band and the average length of time that those patients have been waiting. In respect of the average waiting times, it should be noted that the 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 tables.