Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think that is it. After reading the documents last night, the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General have to be implemented. If we look back at this in ten years and we have built 204 things for which we do not even have a definition or know who should be in them, which are not Sláintecare-proofed, so to speak, and have not been reviewed to see if they deliver what we wanted them to deliver, it will not be a good outcome for any of us, especially the people who are depending on them. Have we any timeline for the review? I read recommendation 2 last night, which states that the Accounting Officer of the Department of Health agrees and continues, "However, this will require consultation with the HSE and will need to recognise that variation in the design or utilisation of PCCs is a function of local circumstances, population need". That, to my mind, is code for the Department will do this if it wants. It is not defined enough. We have to review what money is being spent on and see if it is working. This seems very loose and sounds like the Department will do this if it suits.