Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Robert Watt:
We have engaged with the consultant body. We set out, in general terms, what the Government was planning to announce yesterday. We spoke about our commitment in respect of capacity supports and how that would work. There are complexities about how this actually works and there are different ways. We invited the IMO because their members are the ones who are closest. As they are providing the service, they know where the issues are. We asked them to engage with us. There is enormous, detailed work; I think we shared some of the work with the Deputy. I think we published papers on this. There is enormous work being done in understanding the latest supports and demands. The Government has made its commitment and we need to work through it.
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