20,000 children on hospital waiting lists

Figures show thousands of children are waiting for extended periods of up to four years to see specialists

More than 20,000 children are on hospital waiting lists, with some waiting more than two years for an MRI scan.

Figures obtained under freedom of information by website mummypages.ie show thousands of children are waiting for extended periods of time to see specialists such as urologists and orthopaedic consultants, and in a handful of cases some children have been waiting for between three and four years.