Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Dr. Kerin and apologise for missing the first part of his presentation. I thank him for attending.

To contextualise what we are doing this morning, we are, as I said to the other groups, very concerned about the slow response to the Sláintecare report. It has been out for six months now and we are concerned that the Government is moving too slowly on examining and implementing it. Perhaps the delegates will outline their attitude to the report and how they believe its recommendations could be implemented more quickly. What are the positive aspects? Are there negative aspects? We accept it is not a perfect report but it is sending the health service in the right direction.

A number of members who were present earlier have gone but they may return. I will invite the members present to ask questions. If there are questions that have not been addressed but were asked to the first group, I will introduce them myself.