Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to add a final question before the Minister replies. The National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, has been reasonably successful in dealing with some waiting lists. Have all the referrals gone outside the jurisdiction or have some been dealt with within the jurisdiction? If so, how many? Are there facilities in the private or public sectors within the jurisdiction that could deal with some of those on waiting lists? I do not have an ideological hang-up about people receiving services in the public or private sector as long as they receive the required service at the required time and are not told that if they wait for four years, something will be done for them.