Waterford is set to get a new surgical hub that will deal more with so-called 'high volume' surgeries.
Ministers are expected to sign off on the creation of five new surgical hubs across the country to deal with the backlog of planned operations.
The hubs will be located in Waterford, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Dublin at a cost of up to €100 million.
They will focus on high volume surgeries like ear, nose and throat issues, urology, orthopaedics, gynaecology, and general surgery.
A similar hub operating in Tallaght has reported a 90 per cent reduction in patients waiting more than three months for procedures over the past year and a half.
Ministers will also be asked to progress the development of three new elective hospitals in Cork, Galway and Dublin with the preferred sites in Galway and Cork having been identified.
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