Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I hope that I am right, but we will legislate. I will come back with the specific number in one moment. However, I do want to legislate for waiting times. I spoke to the Scottish health minister about this last Friday. I want to do it and make sure that we can deliver them. The elective-only model was how they did it in Scotland. We have given a commitment to picking three sites next year for the delivery of elective-only hospitals. I want to see if we can move ahead more quickly with one of these so that we have a demonstrated project, and then we can legislate for the waiting times. However, I need to ensure that the capacity is there before legislating for the waiting times. I will return to the Deputy in a moment about where this is written.

Did the Deputy ask me another question?

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