52. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the delays at University Hospital Waterford that resulted in three persons waiting more than 28 days for an urgent colonoscopy in January 2015; the reason almost two thirds of patients at UHW who required a routine colonoscopy in 2015 were not seen within the target time of 13 weeks; the number of patients at UHW that were waiting longer than 12 months for a routine colonoscopy; the number that were waiting over two years; if the unit at UHW is fully staffed; if the roll-out of the national bowel cancer screening programme resulted in the lengthening of waiting lists in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20788/15]

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52. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the delays at University Hospital Waterford that resulted in three persons waiting more than 28 days for an urgent colonoscopy in January 2015; the reason almost two thirds of patients at UHW who required a routine colonoscopy in 2015 were not seen within the target time of 13 weeks; the number of patients at UHW that were waiting longer than 12 months for a routine colonoscopy; the number that were waiting over two years; if the unit at UHW is fully staffed; if the roll-out of the national bowel cancer screening programme resulted in the lengthening of waiting lists in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20788/15]

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