Question from Deputy Mairéad Farrell - PQ 7720-26
Deputy Farrell asked about the lack of dental services for persons with disabilities due to overcrowding in Galway University Hospital. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs and HSE West and North West
Published: February 2026
Updated: March 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the lack of dental services for persons with disabilities due to overcrowding in Galway University Hospital; the number of patients that have been seen in Galway University Hospital for this service in each of the years, 2023, 2024, and 2025; the number of patients currently on the waiting list for this service as of January 2026; if she has considered offering this service in other regional hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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