The waiting list at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin, has risen by 27 per cent in the last three months alone, the Fine Gael TD Ms Frances Fitzgerald has claimed.
She said waiting lists in Dublin had climbed by an average 43 per cent during the life of the Government, the James Connolly Memorial Hospital in Blanchardstown faring worst of all, with a 202 per cent rise.