Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Chairman asked several questions about Sláintecare. From memory, the Sláintecare report estimates that the requirement in year one will be around €600 million or €700 million. The requirement for activity specifically related to Sláintecare as opposed to things that were happening is about €20 million. Do the Minister and the Department broadly accept the Sláintecare figure of several billion euro for the transition fund, or has the Department made its own analysis and has its own profile? Does the Minister accept the figure €20 million for this year, regardless of the Department’s figure which is way below what is needed to launch Sláintecare properly?