Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is unacceptable that the people who rely on Tallaght University Hospital are forced to wait on average five hours longer to access care in the Accident and Emergency department than the statewide average.

Figures released by the HSE show that the average wait time for 2025 in Tallaght is 12.6 hours against the state average of 7.3 hours.

Teachta Crowe said:

“Waiting times in the Tallaght University Hospital Accident and Emergency are way above the state average. People are waiting on average 12.6 hours when the state average is 7.3 hours.

“Dublin South West has always been chronically deprived when it comes to funding and resources for our public services and this is only further proof.

“The healthcare professionals in TUH do sterling work but they are being put in impossible circumstances by this government’s mismanagement of the health service.

“People in Tallaght are waiting two hours longer than the next highest hospital on the list. It is simply unacceptable. They’re even waiting longer than in Limerick Hospital which is the most overcrowded in the state.

“Tallaght University Hospital needs to see a massive increase in support for the government. We need to see the new stepdown unit prioritised so that we can get vitally needed beds into the system and the Pay and Numbers strategy done away with so that we can staff the hospital to the level that workers and their patients need.”