1045. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive records the actual duration of trolley waits exceeding 24 hours for emergency department patients; if not, whether such information is captured within hospital patient administration or emergency department information systems but not collated centrally; when the Minister became aware that maximum trolley wait times are not recorded or reported; and whether he considers the absence of this data compatible with effective patient safety oversight and hospital performance management. [9478/26]

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1045. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive records the actual duration of trolley waits exceeding 24 hours for emergency department patients; if not, whether such information is captured within hospital patient administration or emergency department information systems but not collated centrally; when the Minister became aware that maximum trolley wait times are not recorded or reported; and whether he considers the absence of this data compatible with effective patient safety oversight and hospital performance management. [9478/26]

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