Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)

With regard to the new strategy then, do we have a costing on that and would the Department cost-implement it? There are now ten counties across the country that do not have in-person sexual health clinics. There are 900 people waiting for access to PrEP and 400 of those have been waiting more than 13 months for that access. There are huge deficiencies in the services and what we need is the funding and an allocation to address those significant needs. This is also preventative. If we can prevent infectious disease, it saves the State money in the long term.