Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)

On the big picture reforms, we are well aware that the Sláintecare report was a landmark moment in health policy in the country, with a clear vision that everyone would have access to an affordable, universal, single-tier health system with patients treated promptly on the basis of need rather than ability to pay and that that would be delivered over a ten-year period. I am curious to hear the Department’s perspective on we are now. What percentage of the reforms in that plan have been implemented so far?