Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. I thank Mr. Gloster. There is one other issue I am concerned about relates to what has happened with the budget and longer term strategies. Deputy Cullinane referenced the stroke strategy earlier. In the most recent census, the number of people who identify as having sight loss has increased by 400%. That is almost 300,000 people who now identify as having some form of sight loss. Yet we do not appear to have a strategy to eliminate or at least reduce preventable blindness and preventable sight loss. Does Dr. Henry have any view on whether there should be a developed national strategy to eliminate preventable sight loss?

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