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

I thank the witnesses for being with us. I also thank them for their tremendous work during the Covid-19 crisis and the lockdowns and the commitment they gave to their work in the health services, for so long and, undoubtedly, at huge cost.

I do not propose to go through the entire service plan because it contains approximately 170 pages. That is for another time. My questions are simple and straightforward. My first query concerns the waiting lists, and especially the acute and special needs elements of those lists. Apart from the service report, to what extent can we expect a serious attack to be made on the waiting lists during this plan?