Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Before I bring in other members, I wish to ask about the Sláintecare programme board, which met once. How often does it propose to meet? The big question is what it will do differently in that regard.

Mr. Watt referred to elective hospitals in his opening statement. What is the earliest date he hopes to see them opening? I would have liked to ask about waiting lists. There was talk of a 5% reduction. Based on that, with 40,000 patients a year, it would take 18 years to deal with it. Could he give a sense in a written reply of how we will reduce the waiting lists and a timescale for it?