Over 28-thousand women are waiting to see a gynaecologist in Ireland, with almost 5,400 waiting more than a year.
The number of women waiting has increased by 40 percent over the last five years.
According to the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, the consultant recruitment and retention crisis is a major factor in delays.
Dr. Peter Boylan - a consultant obstetrician - has branded Irish waiting lists for outpatients as "among the worst in the world."
