Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Given the challenges Mr. McCallion has identified, which will emerge in the next six to 12 months, there is likely to be a cost. Has the HSE made a submission to the Government on the extra challenges and how they might best be met? For example, should the responses to them be funded by grants, loans raised under the European Union's €800 billion coronavirus recovery fund or some other source?

What plan exists to deal with the challenges ahead? Do we have a number of options? Has the Department sought Government provision for those options?