Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

All the witnesses are very welcome and I thank them for their presentations.

The reality in respect of Sláintecare is that we are in year six and, notwithstanding two very difficult years for the health service with Covid-19, we are still very much behind where we should be at this stage. In that regard, I very much want to know why the Department has been so late in producing some of the progress reports. We received the previous implementation report in December 2021 and then, just yesterday, two reports arrived. Why, I ask Mr. Watt, are we or has the Department been so late in producing the progress report and the action plan for 2023?