Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 April 2026
214. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a neurology appointment in Galway University Hospital, given they have been waiting for two years; the current waiting times for neurology appointments at the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28846/26]
View answerUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. The Minister for Health is prohibited from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
In relation to the individual query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
National waiting list information by hospital, specialty, and time band is published monthly by the NTPF on its website: www.ntpf.ie/home/nwld.htm
The information is now being made available through an interactive visual tool which provides users with a much-improved way of accessing and analysing waiting list information.
