Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The short version is as follows. My concern is that Sláintecare will be tasked with solving problems such as waiting lists. We do not need Sláintecare to reduce waiting lists, promote the health of the population, drive accountability and performance or deliver a healthcare system that has the ability to plan and execute. We need Sláintecare for reconfiguration. Reducing waiting lists and helping the men, women and children on those lists have nothing to do with Sláintecare. Most of these problems have worsened in recent years.

How much money will the Minister seek explicitly for Sláintecare activities over the next one to five years, as opposed to the normal expected increases in healthcare expenditure that we would expect to see?

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