Record-breaking 100,000 children now on hospital waiting lists

IHCA president Professor Alan Irvine outlined "the real possibility that they will suffer health and developmental issues that could easily have been reversed or mitigated against if only they were seen in time".

A record-breaking 100,089 children are now on hospital waiting lists nationally, latest figures released by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) show.

Furthermore, one in every 12 children in Ireland is now awaiting some form of treatment or assessment, one in three of whom are waiting over a year.