Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister of State outline when a health needs assessment would be used? Subsection (2) of the new section introduced by amendment No. 4 provides that without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the specific requirements referred to may include a series of matters which are then listed. Why have these matters been selected? Are they advisory in the sense of being matters that might be considered?