Fianna Fáil: Scandalous rise in hospital waiting lists

Enda Kenny has been accused of overseeing a “scandalous” 45% rise in hospital waiting lists over the past two years.

The jump includes 4,500 children on hospital waiting lists, almost half of them waiting for more than a year, said Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin. “One thinks that when talking about children, we should be moving might and main to eradicate those waiting times and shorten them dramatically.”

In the Dáil, Mr Martin blamed waiting times partly on a lack of urgency to tackle the healthcare crisis. “The situation is truly scandalous and unacceptable, and particularly for children who are waiting far, far too long to get to see a consultant in our three national children’s hospitals, particularly in Crumlin and Temple St.”