Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 9479-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the national information systems used to record emergency department patient flow and trolley wait times. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: February 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health what national information systems are used by the Health Service Executive to record emergency department patient flow and trolley wait times; whether those systems are technically capable of recording precise wait durations beyond 24 hours; and if so, the reason such data is not routinely extracted, analysed, or published on a hospital-by-hospital basis.
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