PQ 1224
1224. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reasons waiting times to be seen by the ENT department at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital have exceeded 18 months for non urgent patients; the number of patients currently on the ENT waiting list at that hospital; the number that have been waiting longer than 12 and 18 months respectively; and the actions being taken to reduce these waiting times, particularly for young adults whose education and quality of life are being significantly affected by repeated infections and reliance on long term antibiotics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30374/26]
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1224. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reasons waiting times to be seen by the ENT department at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital have exceeded 18 months for non urgent patients; the number of patients currently on the ENT waiting list at that hospital; the number that have been waiting longer than 12 and 18 months respectively; and the actions being taken to reduce these waiting times, particularly for young adults whose education and quality of life are being significantly affected by repeated infections and reliance on long term antibiotics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30374/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-04-28/1224/
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