The number of people waiting for neurology appointments at the region’s main hospital has increased by nearly 40 percent in the last two years.
675 people in Clare were waiting for procedures at University Hospital Limerick in September.
Figures released to the Oireachtas show 483 people from Clare were waiting to see a consultant for a neurological matter in September 2019.
That number has now spiked to 675, increasing slightly most months since then.
It’s an increase of around 100 in the last 12 months alone.
2,624 people from nine different counties including Clare were on a waiting last for a neurology appointment at the end of September 2021.
Around a quarter of people waiting for an appointment last month had addresses in this county.
The Department of Health says a combination of the pandemic and an attack on its cyber systems earlier this year has ‘impacted waiting times’.
Minister Stephen Donnelly says an Acute Waiting List Action Plan, to run until the end of this year, is designed to address this growth in waiting lists across all appointments and procedures.
