Professor Louise Kenny:

On the NTPF, whatever is left over from the very small amount of NTPF funding that the Minister mentioned in the response to the supplementary question Deputy Sherlock asked would be woefully inadequate to tackle our waiting lists. I do not believe it is the right model. The NTPF does not build long-term sustainability. We have outlined clearly in three specific areas what is required both to address the waiting lists and prevent them from building up again, and it is not the use of the NTPF.