Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
I have a lot to get through in the eight minutes and I will start with insourcing. I have read both of the opening statements and listened to what the Minister and Mr. Gloster have said. From Mr. Gloster's opening statement, am I right that what is essentially being said is that control environments are being strengthened, in other words stricter controls around the use of insourcing, but insourcing can still be permitted? In a previous appearance before the committee, Mr Gloster indicated that June of next year would be a date for insourcing to essentially cease. Are we moving away from that and are we permitting some insourcing beyond June or is this strengthening up to June of next year only?
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