Question from Deputy Edward Timmins - PQ 18055-26

To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to resolve the situation in south Kildare and west Wicklow, where the health service is operating with a staffing vacancy rate of 44%, there is insufficient capacity to meet current clinical demand, and a routine referral to see a physiotherapist in south Kildare and west Wicklow is currently a 77-week waiting time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.