Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary)

4:00 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Very simply, we thought that periodic payment orders would be introduced. Had they come in, the awards of €7 million, €10 million and €13 million would have been divided by 20. We had thought the periodic payments legislation would have been enacted by now but it has not been. It will be, however, in the next few months.