Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will consider that in the context of the implementation plan, implementing Sláintecare and all of the steps we need to take.

In regard to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, it has those data and I have no difficulty with it sharing them with the Deputy or the committee. I do not honestly know but I will have the question asked.

In regard to the reference to the problem being systemic, I assure the Deputy that I would not be taking the steps I had already commenced and will now intensify further if I believed it was simply a case of one or two or half a dozen doctors not fulfilling their contract. I believe there is a missing piece here in terms of being able to accurately monitor compliance with a contract in which the taxpayers invested a significant amount and depend on to deliver for patients. That is why I want a more robust monitoring mechanism.