Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 June 2019
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals
9:00 am
Mr. Jim Breslin:
I will answer the questions quickly. On home care, the basis to do what the Deputy is asking is to put in place a statutory entitlement, similar to the nursing home subvention scheme, and there is a lot of work under way to do this. It is an absolute priority and it is set out in Sláintecare.
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