Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Any programme that is not the subject of a contractual arrangement at the moment will be subject to change or deferment, however. For example, I refer to the building of elective-only hospitals, the 96-bed unit in Limerick, the hospitals in Cork, Sláintecare implementation, the replacement of equipment in hospitals, which is an urgent matter, and developing the ambulance service. All of those matters could be set back a number of years.