Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

The Cost of Blindness in Ireland: National Vision Coalition

11:15 am

Mr. David Keegan:

Yes, that is critical. Senator Crown knows well about the issues of recruitment across the medical sector which must be dealt with.

Our obligation is to provide the roadmap and then we can come back with a clear idea of the resources we need for this field. We feel we have an idea about these resources now. If we implement them, they will become cost-neutral because one is tackling the cost implications on the other side of the network. I accept the point made by Deputy Mitchell O’Connor about being a little more upfront or aggressive. If the resources are provided, we will make a commitment to deliver on them.

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