Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the Deputy's previous comment, we will have to agree to disagree. I know from the Sláintecare team and some of the testimony the team gave to the committee that its view is that this budget is very much a Sláintecare budget. They are very excited by Sláintecare and spoke very highly of it. Obviously, the Deputy and I just have different views on that, which is fine.

I want the consultant contract for public health doctors to be put in place as quickly as possible.

The IMO and the Department are meeting next week on exactly that.